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    Exclusive: Seattle-Area Voters To Vote By Smartphone In 1st For U.S. Elections

    King County, Wash., plans to allow all eligible voters to vote using their smartphones in a February election. It's the largest endeavor so far as online voting slowly expands across the U.S.
    by Miles Parks Jan 22, 2020 4 minutes
    Voters in King County, Wash., will have the opportunity to vote on their smartphones in February. It will be the first election in U.S. history in which all eligible voters will be able to vote using their personal devices.

    A district encompassing Greater Seattle is set to become the first in which every voter can cast a ballot using a smartphone — a historic moment for American democracy.

    The King Conservation District, a state environmental agency that encompasses Seattle and more than 30 other cities, is scheduled to detail the plan at a news conference on Wednesday. About 1.2 million eligible voters could take part.

    NPR is first to report the story.

    The new technology will be used for a board of supervisors election, and ballots will be accepted from Wednesday through election day on Feb. 11.

    "This is the most fundamentally transformative

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