THE FIX IS IN: WASHINGTON STATE ABOLISHES RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT FOR VOTER REGISTRATION

The state of Washington has effectively abolished its long-standing residency requirement for voter registration.

This from survivethenews.com.

The decision, led by Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs (D) and Attorney General Bob Ferguson (D), is another attempt by the Left to cheat on the presidential election.

The Center Square reported:

[T]hrough agency rulemaking, Hobbs’ office has removed a provision that has been a part of Washington’s electoral framework since the state’s original 1889 Constitution.

This move follows a consent decree earlier this year, settling a 2023 lawsuit that claimed the residency requirement violated federal law, due to a 2018 state law.

Article VI, Section 1 of the Washington Constitution mandated that a person must be a resident of the state for 30 days before the election to register to vote.

However, the Washington State Alliance for Retired Americans filed a lawsuit in November 2023, arguing that this requirement was in violation of the U.S. Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1970, which prohibits residency requirements for federal elections.

The lawsuit claimed:

[This] pre-election durational residency requirement—[which voters must attest to satisfying on voter registration forms]—is longer than the registration deadline and…therefore prevents voters who could otherwise lawfully register and cast ballots from doing so just because they moved into the state, county, or precinct too recently.

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