Small But Mighty Actions - Register & Vote in Local School Board Elections

For the past couple of weeks, we have given examples of small, but impactful actions you can take to help protect students in public schools from predatory Christian Nationalist organizations. Here’s another small, but mighty action: VOTE. Vote for your local school board members. 

School board members directly impact the students in their care through fiscal oversight of district budgets, making decisions about the curriculum being taught, and also setting policy. School boards have a tremendous responsibility to the students and families in their care. Electing someone to the board who shares your same values is so important as they’re often in a position to make great changes to your child’s life and education. Who you elect can make the difference between keeping Christian Nationalism out of public schools or laying out the welcome mat and ushering them in. There are also Christian Nationalists running for school board seats in this state; your vote is so very needed to keep them out. Unlike national elections, local school board elections are sometimes decided by just a handful of votes. Your vote for local officials counts!

There are many school districts in Washington which have primaries this year. They include the following districts in Snohomish and King County:

• Granite Falls: One School Board seat in District 4

• Highline: One seat in District 4

• Issaquah: One seat in District 2

• Kent: Two seats in Districts 4 and 5

• Lake Washington: Two seats in Districts 3 and 4 

• Northshore: Three seats in Districts 1, 4, and 5

• Seattle: Three seats in Districts 2, 4, and 5 

• Tahoma: One seat in District 5

• Tukwila: One seat in District 3

Mail-in ballots have already been sent out, but you can still register and then vote in-person at your local elections office on August 5:

Deadline to register online to vote in the primary: July 28, 2025

Deadline to register in-person to vote in-person for the primary: August 5, 2025

Not every school district has primaries this year, and residents of these districts will vote for their school board seats later this fall. Everett is such a district, with 3 out of 5 seats up for election! Cheney and Spokane districts are also up for election. 

Deadline to register online to vote for school board members: October 27, 2025

Deadline to register in-person to vote in-person for school board members: November 4, 2025

It’s been said above, but it’s so important that we’ll say it twice - in Washington state, you can register to vote all the way up to and including election day.