Ballot Drop Box Usage by Year
The tables below show ballot drop box usage as a percentage of total ballots returned in recent Primary and General Elections. Tracking of ballot drop box usage by individual counties began for the November 2012 General Election. For questions about a specific county's drop box usage, please contact that county's elections department.
General Election Drop Box Usage
| County | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams | - | 50.9% | 54.7% | 56.0% | 62.2% | 63.7% | 52.8% | 55.4% | 67.4% | 52.1% |
59.5% |
57.0% |
| Asotin | - | 50.8% | 54.3% | 55.2% | 53.0% | 59.2% | 60.3% | 51.1% | 76.0% | 60.3% | 58.3% | 54.0% |
| Benton | 57.2% | 54.1% | 46.5% | 57.2% | 66.9% | 45.6% | 38.7% | 54.8% | 78.2% | 66.7% | 68.3% | 63.1% |
| Chelan | 60.6% | 63.7% | 67.9% | 69.4% | 72.9% | 71.5% | 59.9% | 58.1% | 77.7% | 63.7% | 67.5% | 63.6% |
| Clallam | 57.6% | 60.0% | 65.3% | 68.4% | 73.3% | 73.2% | 61.1% | 67.5% | 76.3% | 69.6% | 74.3% | 68.1% |
| Clark | 32.4% | 29.8% | 34.1% | 22.3% | 47.6% | 42.7% | 42.5% | 42.1% | 72.1% | 52.5% | 61.6% | 47.8% |
| Columbia | 59.7% | 35.7% | 60.5% | 63.5% | 69.4% | 64.5% | 48.6% | 50.1% | 67.6% | 59.4% | 64.6% | 60.6% |
| Cowlitz | 71.0% | 69.6% | 75.1% | 73.0% | 76.5% | 23.9% | 67.6% | 66.9% | 82.0% | 65.7% | 72.9% | 66.4% |
| Douglas | 46.0% | 58.6% | 48.1% | 50.6% | 64.6% | 40.0% | 48.9% | 49.3% | 75.0% | 57.1% | 67.9% | 60.3% |
| Ferry | - | 32.5% | 29.6% | 28.9% | 29.5% | 31.3% | 21.5% | 19.2% | 45.2% | 32.4% | 37.4% | 34.6% |
| Franklin | 42.8% | 43.7% | 59.7% | 61.7% | 68.2% | 64.4% | 50.4% | 51.1% | 76.8% | 56.0% | 63.8% | 57.4% |
| Garfield | - | 53.5% | 29.9% | 68.2% | 70.1% | 74.8% | 63.5% | 65.5% | 73.6% | 66.1% | 68.0% | 63.6% |
| Grant | 16.7% | 10.0% | 28.1% | 25.3% | 30.3% | 29.6% | 42.6% | 40.8% | 64.5% | 42.9% | 59.9% | 46.2% |
| Grays Harbor | - | 6.2% | 10.6% | - | 53.8% | 23.7% | 39.6% | 41.2% | 63.2% | 43.2% | 18.5% | 43.1% |
| Island | 32.2% | 38.6% | 41.8% | 43.7% | 50.6% | 56.2% | 45.1% | 47.8% | 75.2% | 58.9% | 62.7% | 62.0% |
| Jefferson | 6.6% | - | 40.0% | 40.9% | 47.2% | 49.9% | 40.8% | 41.2% | 70.2% | 38.7% | 47.7% | 44.5% |
| King | 20.9% | 20.2% | 21.6% | 26.3% | 49.3% | 53.2% | 39.7% | 46.6% | 73.9% | 57.3% | 60.0% | 55.0% |
| Kitsap | 43.8% | 42.3% | 46.4% | 36.9% | 54.9% | 54.8% | 50.6% | 50.9% | 76.5% | 60.5% | 71.7% | 65.0% |
| Kittitas | 61.5% | 62.9% | 66.2% | 65.1% | 71.2% | 67.5% | 59.3% | 60.6% | 82.4% | 65.5% | 70.9% | 65.6% |
| Klickitat | 68.0% | 69.5% | 73.9% | 71.3% | 74.2% | 73.4% | 75.4% | 73.1% | 78.4% | 65.6% | 76.8% | 66.7% |
| Lewis | 22.8% | 20.9% | 24.6% | 33.3% | 57.8% | 50.2% | 44.5% | 43.2% | 66.1% | 46.1% | 56.2% | 45.4% |
| Lincoln | 23.9% | 24.3% | 27.2% | 26.0% | 28.7% | - | 15.4% | 21.9% | 45.1% | 22.0% | 29.7% | 18.5% |
| Mason | 58.9% | 59.1% | 62.9% | 62.5% | 69.8% | 66.8% | 46.5% | 48.2% | 79.7% | 52.7% | 62.1% | 53.7% |
| Okanogan | - | 7.2% | 17.4% | 16.3% | 26.1% | 33.8% | 28.1% | 25.7% | 54.8% | 28.8% | 41.0% | 41.1% |
| Pacific | 20.9% | 16.8% | 25.2% | 22.1% | 32.0% | 30.6% | 35.1% | 41.8% | 64.8% | 40.8% | 48.2% | 40.0% |
| Pend Oreille | 43.7% | 44.5% | 45.8% | 42.3% | 47.4% | 45.8% | 37.4% | 31.8% | 56.6% | 39.9% | 45.7% | 34.9% |
| Pierce | 47.9% | 51.1% | 54.6% | 51.9% | 61.1% | 61.2% | 43.2% | 48.5% | 74.9% | 61.6% | 65.8% | 59.4% |
| San Juan | 57.6% | 59.0% | 62.3% | 64.2% | 61.1% | 65.1% | 53.4% | 55.7% | 72.8% | 61.7% | 61.1% | 55.9% |
| Skagit | 68.9% | 70.2% | 71.7% | 70.8% | 77.1% | 71.9% | 63.0% | 61.6% | 81.5% | 64.9% | 71.3% | 63.6% |
| Skamania | 55.8% | 53.7% | 66.2% | 56.0% | 67.2% | 58.3% | 62.8% | 65.7% | 75.5% | 65.8% | 71.9% | 65.8% |
| Snohomish | 43.3% | 44.6% | 47.2% | 51.0% | 64.4% | 60.9% | 51.2% | 52.1% | 75.2% | 57.2% | 63.4% | 60.3% |
| Spokane | 50.6% | 69.6% | 52.6% | 53.1% | 61.2% | 52.4% | 37.8% | 39.0% | 62.4% | 40.7% | 45.9% | 41.9% |
| Stevens | 2.9% | 19.8% | - | 34.5% | 33.5% | 25.1% | 20.0% | 20.1% | 38.4% | 24.3% | 30.0% | 28.6% |
| Thurston | 67.1% | 70.1% | 69.4% | 70.0% | 73.0% | 74.6% | 57.2% | 61.7% | 80.9% | 65.6% | 70.2% | 65.8% |
| Wahkiakum | 50.0% | - | 46.7% | 47.8% | 50.4% | 45.7% | 36.4% | 30.7% | 79.7% | 50.7% | 60.1% | 51.9% |
| Walla Walla | 53.3% | 52.8% | 62.4% | 59.9% | 70.0% | 61.7% | 56.5% | 52.6% | 78.6% | 62.3% | 66.8% | 58.3% |
| Whatcom | 41.6% | 50.1% | 54.5% | 66.1% | 77.6% | 72.7% | 59.3% | 62.9% | 80.2% | 70.2% | 69.7% | 71.4% |
| Whitman | - | - | - | - | 35.8% | 35.5% | 31.2% | 32.3% | 56.5% | 43.5% | 48.4% | 58.8% |
| Yakima | 18.7% | 16.0% | 19.5% | 19.4% | 28.9% | 24.2% | 23.0% | 22.1% | 52.7% | 31.7% | 39.9% | 32.4% |
| Total | 36.7% | 38.8% | 40.5% | 40.7% | 56.9% | 54.6% | 45.0% | 48.3% | 73.1% | 56.3% | 61.1% | 56.0% |
Primary Election Drop Box Usage
| County | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams | 45.8% | 48.3% | 52.1% | 63.7% | 61.0% | 49.4% | 49.5% | 56.2% | 49.4% |
55.6% |
50.4% | 57.7% |
| Asotin | - | - | 45.9% | 52.8% | - | 47.6% | - | 55.4% | - | 57.4% | 46.2% | 60.1% |
| Benton | 34.0% | 42.8% | - | 44.2% | 60.9% | 47.2% | 45.8% | 60.4% | 60.6% | 61.6% | 70.4% | 49.5% |
| Chelan | 56.9% | 60.4% | - | 69.6% | 70.0% | 57.5% | 49.4% | 60.5% | 58.3% | 63.2% | 57.9% | 63.0% |
| Clallam | 54.6% | 59.2% | - | 69.6% | 69.9% | 58.3% | 58.9% | 67.4% | 63.4% | 69.2% | 63.9% | 72.6% |
| Clark | 20.1% | 22.4% | 32.5% | 40.3% | 33.3% | 36.2% | 26.2% | 44.9% | 38.0% | 52.2% | 32.3% | 60.4% |
| Columbia | - | 54.8% | - | 40.2% | - | 44.9% | 47.7% | 53.1% | 46.4% | 56.2% | - | 60.8% |
| Cowlitz | 60.3% | 65.9% | 75.1% | 74.9% | 69.3% | 62.4% | 54.6% | 66.4% | 55.8% | 68.3% | 60.4% | 64.7% |
| Douglas | - | 13.7% | - | 84.5% | 53.1% | 45.7% | 39.7% | 54.7% | 57.7% | 61.7% | 46.7% | 64.6% |
| Ferry | - | - | - | - | 24.5% | 18.9% | 26.0% | 31.6% | 0.0% | 31.9% | 22.4% | 36.9% |
| Franklin | 33.4% | 43.2% | - | 61.0% | 59.7% | 43.1% | 39.2% | 58.2% | 49.2% | 56.8% | 54.5% | 61.1% |
| Garfield | - | 47.6% | 37.3% | 65.1% | 67.1% | 53.6% | - | 63.1% | - | 63.0% | 0.0% | 65.1% |
| Grant | 19.2% | 18.4% | 24.1% | 28.8% | 20.7% | 23.5% | 0.2% | 44.4% | 35.4% | 47.4% | 40.4% | 51.0% |
| Grays Harbor | 2.6% | 13.6% | - | 26.8% | - | 16.9% | 12.9% | 45.2% | 23.2% | 47.6% | 39.4% | 57.9% |
| Island | 26.6% | 34.4% | 39.2% | 53.8% | 48.9% | 34.7% | 0.0% | 49.9% | 48.0% | 61.0% | 49.9% | 65.6% |
| Jefferson | 45.1% | 36.9% | 48.2% | 40.6% | 48.0% | 35.2% | 33.2% | 40.3% | 34.0% | 42.5% | 9.5% | 47.6% |
| King | 14.9% | 15.9% | 19.3% | 35.6% | 47.7% | 32.3% | 37.4% | 50.6% | 50.8% | 52.1% | 47.2% | 58.4% |
| Kitsap | 32.7% | 38.2% | - | 24.4% | 49.9% | 44.7% | 43.6% | 56.6% | 49.3% | 58.6% | 58.6% | 68.7% |
| Kittitas | 2.3% | 61.7% | - | 67.0% | 64.3% | 56.2% | 50.2% | 64.9% | 59.7% | 65.9% | 57.4% | 68.8% |
| Klickitat | - | 69.3% | - | 74.2% | 78.2% | 67.0% | 56.6% | 63.2% | 55.3% | 73.0% | 60.3% | 72.2% |
| Lewis | 12.8% | 20.6% | - | 43.2% | 42.2% | 38.5% | 27.7% | 49.1% | 39.6% | 50.5% | 42.4% | 53.0% |
| Lincoln | 5.3% | 24.3% | 33.8% | 27.8% | 3.4% | 19.7% | 14.6% | 23.6% | 14.0% | 25.0% | 15.1% | 26.6% |
| Mason | 57.9% | 59.5% | - | 67.8% | 77.3% | 44.1% | 37.8% | 57.2% | 46.4% | 57.8% | 39.8% | 56.9% |
| Okanogan | 12.6% | 15.4% | - | - | 26.3% | 30.3% | 14.1% | 35.3% | 16.9% | 42.2% | 25.0% | 46.5% |
| Pacific | 2.1% | - | - | - | 18.8% | 33.2% | 1.2% | 37.9% | 32.1% | 40.2% | 31.5% | 44.0% |
| Pend Oreille | 40.5% | 45.8% | - | 44.8% | 43.6% | 30.5% | 100.0% | 39.0% | 42.7% | 40.0% | 26.5% | 42.2% |
| Pierce | 43.9% | 48.3% | 47.8% | 54.9% | 54.7% | 41.0% | 40.4% | 57.4% | 56.1% | 60.7% | 49.9% | 61.9% |
| San Juan | 77.3% | 57.0% | 76.9% | 65.8% | 72.5% | 53.0% | 0.1% | 55.9% | 54.7% | 57.4% | 45.5% | 62.0% |
| Skagit | - | 66.3% | - | 71.9% | 72.4% | 57.6% | 48.1% | 63.6% | 62.3% | 66.8% | 59.3% | 28.2% |
| Skamania | 55.4% | 57.1% | - | 65.6% | 50.2% | 58.9% | - | 64.9% | 55.8% | 73.2% | - | 74.1% |
| Snohomish | 40.6% | 42.5% | - | 53.9% | 57.4% | 45.6% | 42.4% | 55.8% | 49.6% | 56.5% | 52.9% | 61.9% |
| Spokane | 45.2% | 46.0% | - | 50.5% | 51.9% | 35.4% | 34.7% | 39.4% | 34.1% | 40.5% | 36.0% | 46.1% |
| Stevens | 20.0% | - | - | - | 26.2% | 18.2% | 6.2% | 24.9% | 19.0% | 24.2% | 22.3% | 39.0% |
| Thurston | 61.9% | 66.3% | - | 72.3% | 72.0% | 57.8% | 52.4% | 67.6% | 59.1% | 66.0% | 60.3% | 66.9% |
| Wahkiakum | - | 44.0% | - | 49.5% | - | 25.7% | - | 34.5% | 42.6% | 51.4% | - | 55.6% |
| Walla Walla | 46.1% | 55.3% | 50.8% | 62.7% | 60.9% | 49.5% | 40.5% | 58.3% | 52.7% | 58.7% | 49.3% | 61.5% |
| Whatcom | 38.7% | 46.6% | 52.1% | 67.4% | 66.8% | 55.4% | 55.5% | 65.0% | 61.8% | 68.9% | 66.1% | 72.7% |
| Whitman | 15.0% | - | - | - | 35.8% | 24.4% | 26.1% | 32.7% | 39.5% | 37.2% | 41.8% | 41.4% |
| Yakima | 12.9% | 15.3% | - | 20.1% | 18.2% | 16.9% | 16.9% | 25.4% | 22.3% | 32.5% | 25.6% | 37.5% |
| Total | 28.2% | 34.2% | 29.5% | 47.1% | 51.1% | 39.3% | 39.1% | 52.5% | 49.8% | 54.7% | 49.6% | 58.4% |