February 18, 2025 8:19 pm

The premier news source for Snohomish County

Binda breaks silence on Everett address discrepancies, says he was just ‘housesitting’

binda everett

LYNNWOOD—Lynnwood City Council Vice President Joshua Binda broke his silence surrounding allegations made that he has been living in Everett during council’s meeting Monday, February 10, claiming that he had simply been housesitting for his father while he was out of the country tending to his ailing mother in Liberia. Council Vice President Binda’s grandmother […]

Lynnwood Council VP Josh Binda is now allegedly ‘unlawfully’ holding public office

binda

LYNNWOOD—Washington Secretary of State’s Office has confirmed Lynnwood Times’ reporting that Lynnwood City Council Vice President Joshua Binda is not an “active” registered voter in the City of Lynnwood. Binda is now alleged to be “unlawfully” holding public office. The Washington Secretary of State’s Voter Registration Database (VRDB) has officially been updated to confirm the […]

New Investigation: Lynnwood City Council Vice President alleged Everett address

Everett address

LYNNWOOD—A six-week long, in-depth Lynnwood Times investigation has uncovered that Lynnwood City Council Vice President Josh Binda was evicted from his Lynnwood apartment in 2023 and has been allegedly living at a south Everett address near Seattle Paine Field Airport for at least the last 12 months he has served on the Lynnwood City Council. […]

Washington and Nevada governors activate National Guard for election safety

National Guard election

OLYMPIA—Just days following the destruction of ballot boxes in both Portland and Vancouver on October 28, in what Secretary of State Steve Hobbs called an act of “terror” against “fair elections in Washington state,” Governor Jay Inslee on Friday, November 1, activated Washington National Guard members to support public safety activities related to the 2024 […]

Hundreds of ballots destroyed in Vancouver election terror incident

ballots destroyed

VANCOUVER—The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) along with local law enforcement agencies in both Portland and Vancouver, are investigating fires set in ballot drop boxes early Monday, October 28, that destroyed hundreds of ballots according to Clark County Auditor Greg Kimsey. Secretary of State Steve Hobbs is calling the incident an act of “terror.” “We […]

An online and overseas voting system under fire by Washington voters

OmniBallot

SEATTLE—With just two weeks to go until the November 5 General Elections, some Washington voters are beginning to challenge the validity of overseas ballots and the online voting portal used in Washington state, Democracy Live’s OmniBallot. Democracy Live’s OmniBallot is a web-based elections portal designed to allow remote, overseas, deployed military, or disabled voters an […]

Election technology Smartmatic executives charged with bribery

WASHINGTON, D.C.— The United States Department of Justice on August 8 announced federal charges against executives of election voting machine company Smartmatic and former Chairman of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) of the Republic of the Philippines for alleged bribery and a money laundering scheme related to the 2016 Philippine elections. According to the indictment, between […]

Everett and Mukilteo levies failing, voters strike down Port Expansion

election worker

SNOHOMISH COUNTY—Statewide election results in Washington state are officially being tallied. Some races we can call early and others, we will have to wait as ballots are counted over the next several days. Overall, only 25% of the 517,543 ballots mailed have been returned and counted in Snohomish County as of August 6. Below are […]

Join Our Mailing List

Verified by MonsterInsights