Do you want a say in how to spend $700,000 of Seattle’s City budget? If you’re between the ages of 11 – 25 and live, work, or go to school in Seattle, YOU CAN!

Youth can cast votes for their favorite project ideas during our Youth Voice, Youth Choice Vote Week taking place May 21-29.

Youth Voice, Youth Choice is a new participatory budgeting initiative of the City of Seattle in which youth ages 11-25 democratically decide how to spend a portion of the City’s budget. After several months of collecting ideas from community members, and youth volunteers turning those ideas into proposals, we’re readying for the vote which will occur Saturday, May 21 through Sunday, May 29. Youth will cast votes for their favorite projects, ranging from park improvements to youth programs to arts funding.

Make a difference in your community! Cast your vote at an in-person polling site or vote online. The projects that receive the most votes will be funded by the City!

Visit our webpage the week before vote week to see the list of projects and get information on how and where to vote.

If you work with youth in the Seattle area, you can also host an in-person Polling Site of your own to make sure as many youth as possible have a chance to participate in this important vote. Polling Sites can be hosted at an existing meeting, in a community center, or a public place (like outside a transit center or other heavily trafficked area, as long as you have permission from the property owner). You just need to complete our Polling Site Registration Form.

GET OUT THE VOTE! If you’d like to post about Youth Voice, Youth Choice, use the hashtag #YouthVoiceSea.