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A group of conservative activists has taken voter registration challenges to the extreme in the state of Washington, not only filing 28 challenges to voters’ eligibility since June, but often going door-to-door to investigate the alleged illegal registrations, according to an investigation from King 5 News.
On Thursday, Aug. 10, a federal judge struck down Washington state’s legislative map for violating Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
On Thursday, June 15, the Washington Supreme Court unanimously upheld the Washington Voting Rights Act (WVRA).
On Monday, May 15, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (D) signed Senate Bill 5112 into law, improving the state’s automatic voter registration.
On Thursday, May 11, the Washington Supreme Court heard a direct constitutional challenge to the Washington Voting Rights Act.
On Thursday, April 13, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (D) signed House Bill 1048, which will expand and improve the enforcement mechanisms of the Washington Voting Rights Act (WVRA).
On Wednesday, Dec. 7, Republican congressional candidate Joe Kent made a formal request to the Washington secretary of state’s office to recount the results of the election for Washington’s 3rd Congressional District.
On Wednesday, a lawsuit was filed in federal court challenging Washington state’s commission-approved legislative map for diluting the voting strength of Latino voters.
Today, the Washington Supreme Court issued an order adopting the Washington State Redistricting Commission’s legislative and congressional maps, declining to take over the map-drawing process.
On Monday, the Washington State Redistricting Commission narrowly missed its midnight deadline to approve new congressional and legislative maps.