Observer Guidelines

Observers play a unique role in the elections process and provide an objective review of the vote counting process.

Your election officials work hand in hand with the King County Republican and Democratic parties to place hundreds of official party observers at key locations from the time absentee ballots are received to the time the election is certified. The public is encouraged to observe at any number of locations.

King County Elections will conduct observer training Wednesday, November 2nd at 6:00 p.m. at the Temporary Elections Annex (TEA).

Learn more about observing elections in King County:

• Election Observer Guidelines
• Observer Training Presentation (295K PowerPoint file)
• Observer oath (Affadavit of Acknowledgement), in Word or PDF formats.

Read the Secretary of State's Guidelines for Observing Elections, in PDF format, in English (308K) or Chinese (3.6 MB). Both are external links.

Updated: October 31, 2005

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