Eight steps, in order. You need a computer, internet and a printer. If you are missing any of those, the county will simply give you a ballot. Call 509-524-2530 and skip all of this.
Replacement printing opens only after the county mails ballots. If you are early, that is why the option is not there.
Screens differ between counties and between elections. The button labels below are what to look for. If yours do not match, follow your own record and call the county.
Go to voter.votewa.gov. Enter your registered first name, last name, and date of birth, then select Sign In. That is the whole sign-in. There is no password and no account to create.
Open Your Ballot & Voting Materials, then choose Get a Replacement Ballot.
Choose Print a Replacement Ballot, then Download Replacement Ballot Packet.
Nothing available? Read what the screen says. It is usually telling you something specific. If your details will not match, or your registration needs attention, that is a phone call to the county rather than something this page can fix.
This is where people come unstuck. A ballot on its own is not enough. It needs its return materials, and those print as a second, separate job.
To print a blank ballot and fill it in with a pen, choose Print and Mark when that option appears.
Select Print Your Ballot and print the ballot that opens.
Select Download and Print Your Ballot Packet. Open the downloaded PDF, usually sitting in Downloads, and print that too. Downloading alone does not print it. Everyone does this once.
Count the pages. The ballot plus all return materials, typically instructions, an envelope, and a declaration to sign.
Use the settings the packet specifies. Paper size matters.
Read it back. Every page complete and legible.
Sign out when you are done. Delete the downloaded files. Ask staff to clear any abandoned print job before you walk away.
We would much rather you ask twice than leave a ballot sitting in a queue.
Printing does not submit your vote. You still have to complete and return the packet.
Mark it privately. Sign the declaration. Assemble the return packet exactly as its instructions explain. Exactly. This is not the place to improvise.
Sign back in to VoteWA later to check it was received and accepted. Only one ballot is counted for each voter, and the county verifies your signature. When yours shows accepted, you are done.
A printed replacement cannot be returned electronically. It has to physically get there by 8 p.m. on November 3.
Sources: VoteWA sign-in, and the Washington Secretary of State's replacement access and voting-by-mail guidance.