Redistricting and Census Timeline
2019
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January |
Census opens field office in Seattle |
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August |
Opening of field offices in Olympia, Everett, Tacoma, and Spokane |
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October |
Final verification of new construction and transitory addresses |
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November |
Targeted rural canvassing begins |
2020
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March |
Begin internet self-response |
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March 10 |
Presidential Primary |
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April 1 |
Census Day |
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May |
Non-response follow-up begins |
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August |
In-person address visits begin |
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August 4 |
2020 Primary election |
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November 3 |
2020 General Election |
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December 31 |
Census delivers apportionment counts to President |
2021
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January 1 |
First day to appoint Redistricting Commission members |
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January 15 |
Last day to appoint Redistricting Commission members |
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January 31 |
Last day for Redistricting Commission to appoint chairperson |
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February 9 |
Special Election |
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April 27 |
Special Election |
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May 3 |
Deadline for county legislative authorities to adopt precinct boundary changes for the Primary-General Election cycle |
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May 25 |
Special Election |
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August 3 |
2021 Primary Election |
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August 16 |
Expected delivery of redistricting population counts to Redistricting Commission |
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September 30 |
Deadline for Redistricting Commission to transmit redistricting population counts to local governments for redistricting (45 days after Redistricting Commission receives data) |
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November 2 |
2021 General Election |
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November 15 |
Constitutional deadline for Redistricting Commission to adopt and submit revised congressional and legislative district boundaries (State Const. Art. II Sec. 43 (6)) |
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November 23 |
Last day for county certification of the 2021 General Election |
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December 31 |
Deadline for local governments holding elections in 2022 to complete redistricting plans and transmit them to County Auditors |
2022
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February 8 |
Special Election |
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February 8 |
Last day for legislature to amend Redistricting Commission’s proposed boundaries |
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February 10 |
Earliest date that state-approved plan is transmitted to the County Auditors |
| April 26 | Special Election |
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April 30 |
Deadline for Supreme Court to adopt a state redistricting plan if Redistricting Commission fails to submit a plan to the legislature |
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May 2 |
Deadline for county legislative authorities to adopt precinct boundary changes for the Primary-General Election cycle |
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August 2 |
2022 Primary Election |
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November 8 |
2022 General Election |
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November 15 |
Deadline for local governments holding elections in 2023 to complete redistricting plans and transmit them to County Auditors |
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November 29 |
Last date for county certification of 2022 General Election |
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December 17 |
Changes for any jurisdiction redistricting not involved in the 2022 election will begin |
2023
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February 14 |
Special Election |
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April 25 |
Special Election |
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May 1 |
Precinct changes completed by this date and affected voters and jurisdictions notified |