Vote like your life depends on it. Cause it just might.
Vote like your life depends on it. 'Cause it just might. MIchael Bell

If you made it this far and still have a ballot in your home that needs to get turned in, itā€™s not too late, turn that shit in! To be absolutely sure your ballot gets in, I recommend locating one of the countyā€™s many ballot drop boxes. Find one near you here. For quick ballot-filling needs, here is our general election voting cheat sheet.


Salmon are swimming on roads in Shelton, Washington: The cars coming through in this video donā€™t give a fuck. Theyā€™re like, ā€œCrossing salmon? So? I got places to go.ā€


Sound Transit CEO Peter Rogoff up for a big raise: His current pay? $328,545. After his 11 percent raise? $364,000. From the Seattle Times:

Rogoff, now finishing his third year at the agency, survived an investigation into complaints about abrasive management style, profanity and sexism that led to the loss of his 2017 performance bonus.
The pay raise would put him on par with such transit CEOs as LA Metro CEO, and the Bay Area Rapid Transit General Manager. He's playin' with the big boys, now.

A soldier died at Joint Base Lewis-McChord during a training exercise: Former Stranger writer Heidi Groover reports that Drew Watters was killed while ā€œparticipating in infantry tactical training.ā€ A spokesman for the 7th Infantry Division said that they would be conducting an investigation into the cause of death. No more details have been released. Itā€™s always a good time to remember that soldiers put their life at stake to serve their country even when they are not in a war zone.

Finally, someone is answering the real question about voting: Can you take a selfie with your ballot? Great news, Seattleites: In the state of Washington, we can take selfies with our ballots! It looks like even in states where there are rules against it, they probably won't be enforced. There you go, people, take as many damn photos as you want. Just please make sure to actually drop the ballot off after the photo shoot.

In the spirit of Election Day, here's some ballot porn: Mmm, just look at all those ballots squeezed together like that.


An appropriate way to be a vigilante: While vigilante militia groups are headed to the border to role-play being actual soldiers, way up here in Washington, we have an example of how to be a vigilante in a productive, dare I say, sane way. A man in Everett found himself constantly frustrated with people speeding through his neighborhood. When he presented his frustration to the city, they gave him a radar gun to collect data, and he did! His data confirmed what he already knew, that people sped, and the city is now implementing a digital speed sign to encourage drivers to drive more slowly.

French security agents foil plot to attack President Emmanuel Macron: Six people across various parts of France have been arrested "on preliminary terrorism charges for allegedly plotting to attack" Macron.

The suspected plot was uncovered days before U.S. President Donald Trump and dozens of other world leaders are due in France for commemorations this weekend of the signing 100 years ago of the Nov. 11 armistice that ended World War I.

Trees are not for stealing! Tree poachers! In our backyard! The good news is the two poachers were caught. One of the poachers is "accused of trying to steal $12,000 worth of live Douglas fir and western hemlock earlier this year east of Granite Falls." Whoa, $12,000 worth of trees! I should stop myself, because I'm very biased toward trees. All I gotta say is, please leave the trees alone.

Someone put a lot of effort into thisā€¦ and I respect that: Whoever made this NWS tweet did a real good job incorporating Coldplay song titles into it. Got ya! I won't leave you "High and Dry," either, I know theyā€™re actually Muse songs.


Wait, if astronauts can vote, how do we know aliens can't vote too? If people on the coasts are elites, and people in the middle are mainstream, what does that make the good people in the sky?


Tonight's best Seattle entertainment options include: A hiphop show with "South Atlanta goon" Playboi Carti, a post-November 5 screening of V for Vendetta, and lots of election-watching parties.