Seattle No Kings Rally Returns With 2 p.m. March and Voting Fair as 2026 Ballots Go Out
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Updated · The Seattle Times · Oct 17
Seattle No Kings Rally Returns With 2 p.m. March and Voting Fair as 2026 Ballots Go Out
3 articles · Updated · The Seattle Times · Oct 17
Summary
Saturday’s Seattle event will send marchers from Westlake Park to Seattle Center at 2 p.m., where organizers plan a voting fair focused on election protection, ballot issues and civic engagement.
This round shifts No Kings from anti-Trump protest toward turnout as 2026 general-election ballots arrive, with organizers arguing voters can respond to rising costs for groceries, gas and electric bills.
Tens of thousands could still attend, though organizers expect fewer than the 100,000-plus they say joined the March rally; the movement’s first Seattle protest in June 2025 drew more than 70,000.
Capitol Hill Pride will feed a separate noon music festival and 2 p.m. No ICE march into the downtown rally, while openly urging votes against Initiatives 001 and 638 — a step No Kings itself is avoiding.
Organizers say they will again rely on their own safety team rather than coordinate with police or disclose the route, and past Seattle No Kings protests have reported no arrests or violence.