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