Washington State Presidential Primary and Caucus Information

Presidential Primary

Washington State will be holding the Presidential Primary election on February 19th, 2008. If you have not done so already in calendar year 2008, all members of the U.S. Uniformed Services and their family members and citizens residing outside the U.S. who are Washington residents should request a ballot by completing and submitting a registration and ballot request Federal Post Card Application (FPCA), SF-76, as soon as possible. The online version of the FPCA is available from the FVAP website at www.fvap.gov/pubs/fpca.html. Specific instructions for Washington are available at: www.fvap.gov/pubs/vag/pdfvag/wa.pdf.

FWAB Expansion

Washington has expanded use of the Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot (FWAB) to include Presidential Primary elections. For instructions on using the FWAB and to download the on-line version of the FWAB, go to www.fvap.gov/pubs/onlinefwab.html.

Candidate names for the Primary election are available on the Washington Secretary of State website at www.secstate.wa.gov/elections/2008presidential_primary.aspx.

Party Caucuses

Washington Democratic and Republican parties will hold party caucuses ten days before the Presidential Primary on Saturday, February 9, 2008.

The Washington Democratic Party allows members of the military, unable to attend the caucus in-person because of military service, to participate in the Democratic Party precinct caucuses by submitting a Surrogate Affidavit form. The procedures for eligibility and use of the Surrogate Affidavit form are set forth on the form, which will be available at www.wa-democrats.org/index.php?page=events&view=eventdetail&eventid=490.

Information from the Washington Republican Party is available at www.wsrp.org.