Seattle elections

This fall, people in Seattle will get to decide whether or not they want a new way of voting for local candidates. Here's the difference between approval voting and ranked choice voting, and how these options may appear on the November ballot.

An initiative that would alter the way Seattle elects mayors, city attorneys and City Council members is headed toward the November ballot. Under the proposal, a voter would be able to select multiple candidates in each primary race rather than only one.

Voters across Washington state should start seeing their ballots arriving in the mail in the next few days. And, while local elections tend to be relatively quiet, there are some interesting and consequential races on the ballot this year.

Seattle voters are the first in the country to approve a new form of public campaign financing.Backers of Initiative 122 say it is a local solution to the…

When you drive over the South Park Bridge you leave Georgetown and Boeing Field behind. You cross a super fund site, the Duwamish River. A picturesque…

The promise of light rail goes far beyond people’s hopes for swift passage between Seattle neighborhoods and the airport; It’s also supposed to deliver…

Backers of Seattle voter initiative I-122 want political candidates to start knocking on the doors of regular people to raise money instead of relying on…