Voters are again miffed and concerned that you must check a Washington party declaration on the outside of the primary ballot return envelope. If a voter does not declare a political party preference, the vote will not count during the presidential primary.
Washington state follows the traditional nominating process when selecting primary winners from the Republican and Democrat parties. Unlike other primary races where the top-two recipients with the most votes advance, voters get to choose the primary winner of their own party. The party declaration appears on the back of the envelope, which means it’s not especially private.
This is not new. The process changed in 2019. And
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