AGP Executive Report
Last update: 7 hours agoElection Fight: Washington voting is at the center of a clash with the Trump administration: the state sued over a federal demand to set aside 400 ballots, while Secretary of State Steve Hobbs rejected the DOJ’s list of alleged noncitizen voters as unreliable. More than 1.7 million Washingtonians had already voted ahead of Election Day. Ballot Deadline: Gov. Bob Ferguson urged voters to use county drop boxes, warning that mailed ballots could miss the deadline; about 20,000 ballots arrived too late to count in the August primary. Local Government: Seattle councilmembers are weighing dozens of amendments to Mayor Katie Wilson’s $9.1 billion budget, including proposals to restore spending she cut. Legal Challenge: Spokane is asking the Ninth Circuit to dismiss a former state lawmaker’s claim that a city resolution calling him a “domestic terrorist” violated his rights.
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