Respect Washington seeks to remove non–citizen voters from rolls
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On March 31, Respect Washington filed a motion for summary judgement in support of a petition filed in November 2010 for the King County Superior Court to release public documents containing "non–juror" information (Case No. 10–2–41119–4 SEA). |
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| • | Throughout Washington State, 38 county superior courts have refused to release non–juror information for audits of voter rolls. Martin Ringhofer and Respect Washington are attempting to gain access to this public information in order to verify that ineligible individuals are not registered to vote in Washington State. |
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| • | Respect Washington is being assisted by the Immigration Reform Law Institute (IRLI), of Washington, D.C. To date, courts in two of Washington's 39 counties have released public documents containing information about non–jurors. (A non–juror is an individual summoned, but unqualified for jury duty due to a felony conviction or lack of U.S. citizenship. |
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| • | From Douglas County Superior Court between 2008 and 2010, a cross–reference examination of the records from 238 non–juror non–citizens revealed 7 registered voters, 2 of whom had records of having voted in local elections! Registrations of all 7 fraudulent voters have been confirmed by the Washington Secretary of State. |
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| • | From Okanogan County District Court records between 2008 and 2010, a cross-reference exam found 178
non–juror non–citizens, 4 of whom were registered to vote and had records of having voted! |
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| • | While King County Superior Court refused to release non–juror records, it did reveal that during 2008–2009, 6,962 individuals summoned for jury duty had identified themselves as non–U.S. citizens. If rates of fraudulent voters in King County are similar to those found in Douglas and Okanogan Counties, there may be as many as 200 registered voters among these 6,962 non–citizens. |
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| • | Since 2006 the Washington State Department of Licensing (DoL) has issued 350,353 drivers licenses to individuals who did not supply a Social Security Number upon application. A crosscheck against a list of registered voters (dated December 31, 2010) revealed that 10,866 of these individuals were registered to vote. |
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| | While the lack of an association between a licensee record at DoL and a SSN is not proof of voter ineligibility, Washington election officials are not policing this gateway to illegal voter registration. Proof of U.S. lawful presence for all DoL licenses would go
a long way toward protecting the citizen’s franchise. |
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