Tune in for Washington state election results at 8 p.m.

There’s still time to let your voice be heard. Ballots postmarked by Nov. 5 or dropped off at a drop box by 8 p.m. will be counted. And your vote might have more impact this time as the Washington Secretary of State says they’re expecting a low turnout.

“We think voter turnout is going to be in the low 50s statewide,” Washington Secretary of State Kim Wyman tells The Morning News on KIRO Radio.

Wyman says such a low turnout is discouraging considering the offices being elected are local and might have an even greater day-to-day impact on people than a presidential election.

There are a few hot measures and races this year, though, that Wyman says are motivating people to fill out their ballots.

“I think the Seattle mayor’s race will get a number of voters to turn their ballots in today and then certainly I-522, with the media coverage it’s getting and the ads, I think it’s going to increase turnout.”

The first election results will be live here at MyNorthwest.com beginning at 8 p.m. Tuesday.
KIRO Radio will have commercial-free election coverage with Dave Ross, streaming live at MyNorthwest.com, beginning at 8 p.m.

Wyman says all the counties are rushing to count ballots they received as of Tuesday morning.

“Counties across the state are counting ballots feverishly all day today. But we will still get a large number of ballots in drop boxes and valid postmarks on Wednesday,” says Wyman. “Typically, we see about half the ballots come in statewide in the Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday of election week.”

Wyman says everything is running smoothly at election offices so far, but wouldn’t say more for fear of jinxing the election.