Future Voter Programme

Temperance and Expert Citizenship Twenty-four hour period

Temperance and Expert Citizenship Day (Jan 16; observed Jan xiv, 2022) promotes civics pedagogy and peaceful citizen date.

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What is the Future Voter program?

Starting July 1, 2019, new legislation allows 16- and 17-year-olds to sign up as future voters and be automatically registered to vote when they turn eighteen.

How do I qualify for Future Voter?

  • Be at least 16 years quondam
  • A U.S. citizen
  • A Washington resident

How exercise I sign upwardly for Futurity Voter?

  • Online at votewa.gov using your driver's license or country ID.
  • Postal service in a newspaper form.
  • In person at your county elections office or when you get your driver's license or ID at Section of Licensing.
  • At your schoolhouse's Temperance and Skillful Citizenship Day issue in January.

What if I don't have a driver'southward license?

Use the last four (4) digits of your social security number to sign up using a paper class.

When can I vote or sign a petition?

A 17-yr-one-time who will be eighteen by the November Full general Election can vote in the Baronial Chief. Yous'll be able to sign petitions after your 18th birthday!

What if I plough xviii right before an election?

If your address has not inverse, you can await to receive a mailed election approximately 2 weeks before Election Twenty-four hour period. Contact your local canton elections office for assistance and be gear up to vote!
Baronial Primary only: A 17-year-quondam who volition be 18 past the November General Ballot can vote in the August Primary.

What if I movement, leave the country, go to higher, or join the armed forces?

  • Your residential address determines your election content. We can mail service your ballot anywhere in the world, but your residential address must remain in Washington. You may non vote in more one place.
  • Continue your mailing address updated. If you move inside Washington, submit a new registration class to update your enrollment info.
  • Overseas — submit a new registration form with your updated mailing address and mark Overseas Status.
  • At college — submit a new registration grade with your updated dwelling or schoolhouse mailing address.
  • Military — submit a new registration grade with your updated mailing address and marking Military Status.