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Washington Vote-by-Mail remains as First Circuit rejects Trump EO stay

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BOSTON — A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit on July 25 denied emergency motions by the Trump administration and 12 intervening states seeking to stay a lower-court injunction that blocks key provisions of a presidential executive order on mail-in ballots and citizenship verification lists. The decision leaves in […]

‘Ramblings of a Mad King:’ Democrats respond to Trump’s election integrity claims

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OLYMPIA — Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs said the “information” presented in President Donald J Trump’s nationally televised address last Thursday on election integrity does not change the established record that claims of widespread election fraud have been repeatedly disproven. “In the past year, cuts to federal programs supporting state election security have created […]

Trump Announces Immediate Declassification and Release of Documents on Election Integrity

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald J Trump delivered a primetime address from the White House on Thursday evening, July 16, 2026, announcing the immediate declassification and release of intelligence documents on election integrity. Trump said the documents reveal what he called shocking vulnerabilities in U.S. election infrastructure, including a large-scale compromise of voter data by […]

COMMENTARY: Hands off our ballots! Secretary Hobbs on USPS new proposed ballot mail rule

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As Secretary of State of Washington, I submit the following comments in response to the United States Postal Service proposal titled Ballot Mail for Federal Elections as noticed on May 29, 2026. The Constitution is clear that authority over federal elections rests with states and Congress. My authority to administer elections is written in the […]

Executive Order on citizenship lists and mail-in voting blocked, day after USPS said ballots won’t be delivered until states provide lists

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BOSTON, Mass. — U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani, a Barack Obama appointee, ruled Thursday, June 25, that key provisions of President Donald J Trump’s March 31, 2026, executive order on election integrity exceed presidential authority and violated the U.S. Constitution related to federal elections. The Trump administration and Department of Justice may appeal the decision […]

‘Serious Vulnerabilities’: Feds launch election fraud investigation against CA; WA state shares identical system

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LOS ANGELES—In what he called “serious structural vulnerabilities” in the state’s election system, U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli, announced Friday, June 5, that his office in coordination with the FBI has launched multiple active election fraud investigations against the state for California. Both California and Washington state share the same core election system “structural” features. “California’s […]

Dumped ballots raise fresh doubts about vote-by-mail security and chain of custody

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BELLEVUE—Hundreds of undelivered, mostly blank ballots from multiple election cycles were discovered in February 2026 next to a dumpster behind a Renton strip mall, later turned over to Washington State Republican Party Chairman Jim Walsh and are now under federal investigation by U.S. Postal Inspectors, with the FBI expressing interest. The discovery of almost 500 […]

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