Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs has removed a rule requiring people to be a resident of Washington for at least 30 days prior to registering to vote. The decision overturns a rule enshrined in the state constitution.
The Secretary of State is Steve Hobbs, a far-left Democrat whose website boasts that he "runs one of Washington's most diverse state-government offices."
Washington State already uses ballot drop boxes that look like this:
Post Millennial reporter Katie Daviscourt noted that Washington's King County, which includes Seattle, lets people cast votes on napkins. Check out this insane video:
Kittitas County Auditor Bryan Elliot told The Center Square that he is concerned about this change during a major election.
My biggest concern is the rapid implementation of this change in a Presidential Election year. Our offices are agile, but this action has the potential to create further mistrust of the voter registration system, especially when state law and the state constitution both still contain language that is contrary to the consent decree.
It's important to note that residency-duration laws are already illegal, per the Voting Rights Amendments of 1970, for the presidential election. But a group called the "Washington State Alliance for Retired Americans" sued Washington, saying that new residents should be allowed to vote in state and local elections as well.
Secretary of state comms manager Derrick Nunnally said that the capitulation in the case "saved the state a costly and likely losing court fight over enforcing the 30-day residency requirement."
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