You know that your ballot has to be postmarked before 8pm on August 5th to be counted in the primary election currently underway, right? Now that all of our US Mail is sorted and postmarked across the state, unless you have put your marked and signed ballot in the mail THIS WEEK, please use a ballot drop box to ensure your vote is postmarked on time and your vote is counted!
Your return ballot envelope is not routinely postmarked by your mail carrier.
Your return ballot envelope is not routinely postmarked at your local post office.
Your return ballot envelope is not routinely postmarked until it is sorted. And NO MAILis sorted in Kittitas County.
Yep, ALL US MAIL is shipped out of county for sorting where it is then postmarked/date stamped. It is highly unlikely that mail originating here in Kittitas County is shipped, sorted, and postmarked in one or two days. In fact, according to the US Postal Service, it takes them on average, 2.8 days to deliver a piece of mail and it can take considerably longer – up to 5 days for first class mail.
SIGN YOUR BALLOT ENVELOPE and use a ballot drop box (they are all over the county, for your convenience) OR ask a postal worker to hand postmark your ballot! Be a Voter!
This article co-published by the Ellensburg Daily Record Newspaper on July 26, 2025. Charli Sorenson is the Vice President of the Kittitas County League of Women Voters. She has also served on the Ellensburg Affordable Housing Commission, Kittitas County Developmental Disabilities Advisory Committee, and Kittitas County Elections Disability Advisory Committee. She lives in Kittitas County with her long-suffering husband of 47 years.