Politics
Signature checking is WA's safeguard against election fraud
Over the years, officials have identified just a handful of ballots that might have been fraudulently cast — out of several million votes tallied across the state.
Over the years, officials have identified just a handful of ballots that might have been fraudulently cast — out of several million votes tallied across the state.
Voters largely pushed back on Republican candidates who supported conspiratorial lies about the 2020 presidential election.
Voter turnout so far is a little slow, but you have until 8 p.m. Tuesday to drop off or mail in your ballot.
Democrats held a lead in three of Washington's closely contested state Senate races after the first ballot drop.
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez leads Trump-endorsed Joe Kent with 53% of the vote. Democratic incumbent Kim Schrier is ahead of her GOP challenger Matt Larkin by six percentage points.