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Amber Krabach for WA 🇺🇸 (FB/Parler: @AK4WA)

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Time to take a systematic look at some WA state, election-integrity concerns.

If possible, I would love for our region’s most diligent researchers and reporters to take a look at this as well.

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As a preemptive point of clarification, I WILL be supporting Sec. of State, Kim Wyman’s reelection this year. My best guess is that she is stuck between a rock and a hard place on this issue, and I have no doubt she is well-qualified for the job she has taken on.

Here we go...

Over roughly the last 40 years, the WA state legislature has systematically made changes to the state’s election system, that I believe undermine our elections to the point that we can no longer provide assurance of election integrity to the people of WA state.

Starting in the mid 80s, permanent absentee voting was established for retirees and those struggling with disabilities.

In the early 90s, this benefit was expanded to include ANY voter in WA state.

https://www.sos.wa.gov/_assets/elections/washingtonstateplanhavafinal.pdf

In Nov. 2004, shortly after moving to WA, I witnessed what most Washingtonians would consider the most memorable example of mail-in balloting troubles in the our history illustrated in the gubernatorial race between Christine Gregoire and Dino Rossi.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Washington_gubernatorial_election

Despite Rossi winning both the election and the automatic recount, Gregoire took the seat after additional ballots were discovered in a second (manual) re-count paid for by Gregoire.

*Sidenote: the law firm Gregoire hired to manage the manual recount happened to be, Perkins Coie...the same firm used in Broward county’s 2018 recount.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perkins_Coie

After Gregoire’s team had completed the manual recount, and was declared the winner by 133 votes, over 1k fraudulently cast ballots were identified by Rossi’s team.

Because WA voters don’t declare a party when registering, there was no way to determine who those votes helped.

Under Christine Gregoire, WA election policy changed quite rapidly.

In 2009 she signed the National Popular Vote bill, obligating WA’s electors to cast their vote for the NATIONAL popular vote winner, rather than the STATE popular vote winner.

https://www.nationalpopularvote.com/state/wa

One of the major loopholes in WA election integrity is so long as the registrant has a name, address, ID number, signature, and a CHECK in the “I’m a citizen” box, our Sec. of State is LEGALLY PROHIBITED from verifying that person’s registration is valid.
https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=29A.08.010

One of my biggest concerns about election integrity in WA state, is that we have never run an audit of our voter rolls for non-citizens and non-residents.

Since we are a SANCTUARY STATE, and our cities struggle with a RAMPANT homelessness problem, which is a major fraud risk.

Up until recently, this type of audit was all but impossible to do because there was no database of US citizens available to use to query the WA state voter database.

It would have required a manual auditing, which does not appear to be lawful.

https://www.sos.wa.gov/elections/system-security.aspx

HOWEVER, as of a few months ago, @DHSgov has provided a “Citizenship Database” that state officials can use to verify census information. WA’s sec. of state should legally be permitted to use this database in her efforts to maintain clean voter rolls. https://www.npr.org/2020/01/04/793325772/to-produce-citizenship-data-homeland-security-to-share-records-with-census

To Produce Citizenship Data, Homeland Security To Share Records With Census

The Department of Homeland Security has finalized an agreement to share records that the Census Bureau says will help it produce data about the citizenship status of every person living in the U.S.

https://www.npr.org/2020/01/04/793325772/to-produce-citizenship-data-homeland-security-to-share-records-with-census

I am frustrated that this work hasn’t happened, but I am assuming that the reason Sec. Wyman has not already run this audit is because it’s an election year for her, and she will be sued into the ground for it.

So we’ll just have to wait for assurance of election integrity.

2019 was a particularly busy year for dismantling the security of WA state elections.

We saw same-day registration implemented for the first time this year. https://www.columbian.com/news/2019/aug/02/new-law-in-effect-for-washingtons-tuesday-primary/

New law in effect for Washington’s Tuesday primary

OLYMPIA — Next week’s primary election doesn’t have any statewide races for voters to contend with, but it will be the first one where same-day voter registration, automatic registration and pre-paid

https://www.columbian.com/news/2019/aug/02/new-law-in-effect-for-washingtons-tuesday-primary/

Automatic voter registration implemented (even for those who are not eligible to vote, like 16 year olds).
http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2019-20/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Laws/Senate/6313.SL.pdf?q=20200708211355

As a side note, there are only a handful of specific agencies that are permitted to AUTOMATICALLY register voters who employ their services.

The approved list appears to consist of agencies that provide social services to underserved populations.

https://www.columbian.com/news/2019/aug/02/new-law-in-effect-for-washingtons-tuesday-primary/

Another issue of election integrity that hasn’t gotten much attention, is the inclusion of provisions that now allow TRIBAL IDs to be used as valid ID for registering to vote in WA state (even if the applicant doesn’t have a verifiable address).

http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2019-20/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Laws/Senate/5079-S.SL.pdf?q=20200708210819

This is a SIGNIFICANT hinderance to our assurance of election integrity, as I don’t believe WA state officials have ANY jurisdiction over tribal IDs.

I don’t believe we even have the authority to get the NUMBER of new tribal IDs given out each year, much less a list of names.

That means there are no UNITED STATES checks and balances to ensure that individuals receiving Tribal IDs, are US citizens.

And it is reasonable to be concerned that non-citizens from Central America are illegally immigrating into our tribal communities.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdwa/pr/lummi-woman-sentenced-three-years-prison-gun-and-drug-crimes

So, the question is, how difficult is it, in the sanctuary state of Washington, for an individual from Central America to get a Tribal ID in WA state, and use it to register to vote?

And how might the tribal leaders be compensated for bringing in and hiding illegal immigrants?

Interestingly, on top of the lack of oversight/accountability, there was a LOT of state & federal money given to the tribes this year. WA Senator, Patty Murray, was very happy to announce hundreds of MILLIONS that would be given to tribes for the purpose of building new housing. https://twitter.com/pattymurray/status/1205186805118595073

https://twitter.com/pattymurray/status/1205186805118595073

From special provisions for the Governor to enter into agreements with the tribes...

http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2019-20/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Laws/House/2803-S.SL.pdf?q=20200708214011

To providing taxpayer funded healthcare and more...

http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2019-20/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Laws/Senate/5415.SL.pdf?q=20200708214239

In any case WA tribal leaders made out BIG TIME this year in financial provision and benefits thanks to WA bureaucrats (even broadband internet...which we can’t get for 10 houses in my rural neighborhood for under $100k).

http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2019-20/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Laws/Senate/5511-S2.SL.pdf?q=20200708214634

House Leader, Rep. J.T. Wilcox and his family seem to have quite an intimate relationship with a number of tribal leaders. I think it might be helpful to have his thoughts on these agreements and provisions as well. https://nisquallylandtrust.org/board-of-directors/

Board of Directors - Nisqually Land Trust

President Brian Sullivan Brian Sullivan and his wife Anna returned to Pierce County, WA in 1993. A longtime volunteer with Pierce Conservation District Stream Team and the Nisqually Land Trust, Brian...

https://nisquallylandtrust.org/board-of-directors/

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