I'm definitely going to miss it. There is something reaffirming about going to the polling place, filling out your ballot in the little booth, and seeing all of the other people there to do their civic duty.

I also like physically dropping the ballot off in the box. Just putting it in the mail makes me slightly paranoid that it will be lost somehow. Silly, I know.

Maybe moving every year or two has as much a part in this as walking through my neighborhood and seeing my neighbors all the time anyway... but after a few years of mail-in voting, I can't say I miss it at all. I'm not sure many others do either. I can sit at home, do some research and really think about my decisions before voting as things stand, so I feel that even if we lose something with mail-in voting, we've gained a lot as well.

Given the population size relative to precincts, there's not much of a sense of neighbor-community to voting in a big city like Seattle anyway: You just end up standing in line with a bunch of random people you don't know and likely never will see again until it's your turn to get in. You could do that at a concert.

I will a little bit. I kind of agree with my mom that going to your polling station, signing in, and punching your ballot adds a bit of ritual to participating in democracy.

I like the convenience of the mail in ballot, but it feels like I'm paying my utilities bill.

I'm gonna say "not too much". I never saw that many of my neighbors (and to be honest a lot of my fleecy Phinney neighbors scare me). I enjoyed seeing the inside of the neighborhood Lutheran church, with its sixties architecture and institutional vibe, but that's about it.

No. I did at first, but after having forgotten to vote in a couple of off-year elections and having an issue I cared about fail by a handful of votes, I switched to all-mail some years back, and have never regretted it. There have been plenty of times I would never have been able to get off work in time to cast my vote, and with the mail-in ballot, I don't need to worry about it; I just put my ballot in one of the drop boxes at a neighborhood library.

Good question! I miss it, and miss seeing the long-term polling place volunteers, along with my neighbors, and I don't get to buy the elementary school bake-sale cookies anymore.

I doubt the mail-in convenience improves citizen partipation significantly. I ended up having to steam open my ballot because I changed my mind due to new information in the last week before the general election deadline.

Sigh - another cost-cutting measure by King County. Now there's only one county left in Washington where you can vote in person.

I don't vote.