Here’s how Pierce County will vote for party nominees for U.S. president
Washington’s vote-by-mail presidential primary to nominate candidates for U.S. president is March 10.
It’s the first of two primaries in Washington state. There will still be a Top 2 primary Aug. 4 where voters will choose candidates for non-presidential races to be on the Nov. 3 general election ballot.
Democratic and Republican parties will hold caucuses April 26 and Feb. 29, respectively, to determine issues for party platforms and to select the delegates who will participate in state and national party conventions.
Ballots for the March 10 presidential primary were mailed Feb. 21. You can still register online or by mail by March 2. And, you can register to vote in-person at the county auditor’s office anytime before 8 p.m. election day.
You can check your voting status online at voter.votewa.gov.
Presidential primary ballots must be in an official drop box or postmarked by 8 p.m. March 10.
Both the Democratic and Republican ballots will appear on a single ballot but you can only vote for one candidate. You must mark either a Democratic or Republican party box when signing your ballot.
Your vote will count only if the candidate you vote for matches the political party you declare on the return envelope.
Democrats are deciding 89 delegates to the national convention July 13-16 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Elected officials and party leaders select the state’s 18 other delegates.
Thirteen candidates will be on the ballot, some have already dropped out.
Continuing to campaign are: Vice President Joe Biden; Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders; Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren; Pete Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana; Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar; ex-New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg; California businessman Tom Steyer; and Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard.
New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker, New York entrepreneur Andrew Yang, former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet, and former Maryland Rep. John Delaney have dropped out, but remain on the ballot.
Republicans will send 44 delegates, awarded proportionally, to the national convention July 13-16 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Only President Donald Trump will be on the Republican ballot.
More information is available at the website of the Washington Secretary of State’s office.
The purpose of the Aug. 4 primary was corrected at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 24, 2020.
This story was originally published February 24, 2020 at 5:00 AM with the headline "Here’s how Pierce County will vote for party nominees for U.S. president."
