Become a Precinct Officer

  • If you’d like to become a precinct officer for the 2024-2026, please click here for more information on filing your application.

    To serve as a precinct officer for the remainder of the 2022-2024 term, see below.

  • To find out what precinct you live in, and your current precinct officer, go to vote.wa.gov. After you log in, click on “Your elected officials”. The list will include all of your elected officials from President, scrolling down to see your Precinct number and elected or assigned Precinct Officer.

What is a precinct?

A precinct (also called a “voting precinct” or a “voter precinct”) is the smallest political subdivision in Washington.  Washington counties are divided into individual precincts that share communities of interest and are in all or most of the same political districts, such as legislative or congressional representatives. 

What is a precinct officer?

The Precinct Officer is the Democratic Party’s elected representative and leader in their precinct.  Precinct Officers provide fundamental services to party effectiveness.  The main responsibility of the Precinct Officer is to contact, organize, and guide Democratic voters in their precinct.  Precinct Officers are also members of the County Executive Committee (CEC), which conducts the local business of the Party. 

Qualifications

Qualified candidates are elected to serve a two-year term by voters in their precinct in the Democratic Primary Election. Vacancies can be filled at any time during a term by a candidate filling out the application and receiving a majority vote at the next meeting of the CEC.

To become a precinct officer, you must:

  • Be 18 years of age or older.

  • Be a registered voter in the precinct you wish to represent.

  • Reside in the precinct you wish to represent.

  • Identify as a Democrat.

Duties

Precinct Officers are the contact person for the Democratic Party in their neighborhood. They work to become familiar with other Democrats in the area, to recruit and lead a neighborhood team, and to promote Democratic candidates and events whenever possible.  Here are a few things precincofficers work on:

  • Organizing their precinct in order to increase Democratic voter turnout.

  • Motivating and mobilizing voters to get them to the polls.

  • Registering neighbors and friends to vote.

  • Serving on the Spokane County Democratic Central Committee-attending quarterly SCDCC meetings.

  • Serving on SCDCC committees.

  • Plugging volunteers into county-wide efforts and local campaigns.

  • Bridging the gap between voters and elected officials.