The last day to register to vote for the Feb. 9 special election is Jan. 11.

Registration may be done online or via mail. Jan. 11 is also the deadline to update an existing registration for those with a new address or name.

Visit http://www.sos.wa.gov/elections/register.aspx to register online or to print out a voter registration form.

Those who are currently not a registered voter in Washington have until Feb. 1 to register in person at their county elections office.

Nearly 917,000 voters – 23 percent of the state’s registered voters – will receive a ballot for this election. Ballots for military and overseas voters go out Jan. 10, with the remaining ballots being sent to voters by Jan. 22.

Of the 178 ballot measures throughout the state for the February election, 163 are for school levies. The others cover fire, park, hospital and port district measures.

“We hope many Washington voters will take part in the first election of 2016,” said Secretary of State Kim Wyman. “As a former county elected official, I am quite aware of how important local government and school elections are, and we would love to see broad engagement by the voters.”