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Which ballot dropbox is the most bike-friendly? + It’s not too late to register or get a replacement ballot

Selfie of the author wearing a bike helmet about to put a ballot into a drop box with gas works park in the background.
I dropped my ballot here Saturday evening and received a text Monday morning saying it has been counted. This is how voting should work in every state. Track your ballot’s status and sign up for alerts via the King County Elections website.

I biked my ballot to the drop box near Gas Works Park the other day, which got me wondering: Is this the most bike-friendly ballot drop box in Seattle? It’s across the street from the Burke-Gilman Trail, so that’s got to be hard to beat. I threw together this map overlaying ballot drop box locations on the Seattle bike facilities map, and there are a lot of bike-friendly drop boxes around town. This close to election day, it is best to take your ballot to a drop box rather than use the mail just in case it doesn’t get postmarked by election day or get lost en route.

Map of Seattle with bike facilities and drop box locations marked.
Use the King County Elections website for an interactive map of all county drop box locations and addresses. Other county drop box maps: Kitsap, Pierce, Snohomish.

Speaking of voting, if you are already registered in King County but lost yours or never received it because you forgot to change your address, there is still time to print out a replacement ballot online. If you have not yet registered, you missed the deadline to do so online. But you can still register in person up to and including election day by going to the King County Elections Office in Renton (919 SW Grady Way, Suite 100, Renton, WA 98057). Election info for other nearby counties: Kitsap, Pierce, Snohomish.

Both Lime and Bird are offering a pair of free rides through election day to encourage people to vote. Use code VOTE2024 in the Lime app or code RockTheVote2024 in the Bird app.


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There are still volunteer opportunities to help pass Seattle’s Proposition 1, the Seattle Transportation Levy. The No on I-2117 campaign is also hosting a big get out the vote phone banking day tomorrow. You can join from anywhere. The polls have looked decent, but we also have no idea how accurate they are this year. It seems like polls get shakier and shakier each election cycle as fewer people answer unknown numbers. We have to assume these two measures that are vital to biking and walking safety in our region will come down to the wire and that we will need every last vote we can get.

By 8 p.m. Tuesday, no home should contain both a bicycle and a ballot. Let’s win this thing.



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One response to “Which ballot dropbox is the most bike-friendly? + It’s not too late to register or get a replacement ballot”

  1. Anne

    Appreciate the map. I know that you can mail your ballot but your post got me wondering if there is a relationship between access to a ballot box and how many people vote.

    There are huge sections in Seattle where there is not within 15 min biking (let alone walking) a ballot box.

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