With one week left in the 18-day Primary voting period, about 10 percent of the ballots have been returned to county election offices.
In Snohomish County, 38,297 of the 421,366 ballots have been returned, roughly 9 percent. The state average per county is 10.2 percent.
Best in the state is Douglas County at 41.6 percent and Pacific County at 27.5 percent.
But not all of the smaller counties are having high participation. In Okanogan County, only .1 percent has been returned.
Among larger counties, Spokane leads with a 15.6 percent return rate, while King is at 8.3 percent.
