Redistricting and Census Timeline

2019

January	Census opens field office in Seattle
August	Opening of field offices in Olympia, Everett, Tacoma, and Spokane
October	Final verification of new construction and transitory addresses
November	Targeted rural canvassing begins

2020

March	Begin internet self-response
March 10	Presidential Primary
April 1	Census Day
May	Non-response follow-up begins
August	In-person address visits begin
August 4	2020 Primary election
November 3	2020 General Election
December 31	Census delivers apportionment counts to President

2021

January 1	First day to appoint Redistricting Commission members
January 15	Last day to appoint Redistricting Commission members
January 31	Last day for Redistricting Commission to appoint chairperson
February 9	Special Election
April 27	Special Election
May 3	Deadline for county legislative authorities to adopt precinct boundary changes for the Primary-General Election cycle
May 25	Special Election
August 3	2021 Primary Election
August 16	Expected delivery of redistricting population counts to Redistricting Commission
September 30	Deadline for Redistricting Commission to transmit redistricting population counts to local governments for redistricting (45 days after Redistricting Commission receives data)
November 2	2021 General Election
November 15	Constitutional deadline for Redistricting Commission to adopt and submit revised congressional and legislative district boundaries (State Const. Art. II Sec. 43 (6))
November 23	Last day for county certification of the 2021 General Election
December 31	Deadline for local governments holding elections in 2022 to complete redistricting plans and transmit them to County Auditors

2022

February 8	Special Election
February 8	Last day for legislature to amend Redistricting Commission’s proposed boundaries
February 10	Earliest date that state-approved plan is transmitted to the County Auditors
April 26	Special Election
April 30	Deadline for Supreme Court to adopt a state redistricting plan if Redistricting Commission fails to submit a plan to the legislature
May 2	Deadline for county legislative authorities to adopt precinct boundary changes for the Primary-General Election cycle
August 2	2022 Primary Election
November 8	2022 General Election
November 15	Deadline for local governments holding elections in 2023 to complete redistricting plans and transmit them to County Auditors
November 29	Last date for county certification of 2022 General Election
December 17	Changes for any jurisdiction redistricting not involved in the 2022 election will begin

2023

February 14	Special Election
April 25	Special Election
May 1	Precinct changes completed by this date and affected voters and jurisdictions notified