Voter Protection: Be Involved
Make sure your vote counts!
Secretary of State
PO Box 40220 • Olympia, WA 98503-0220
(360) 902-4151
WA COUNTIES USING TWENTY-YEAR-OLD VOTING EQUIPMENT
It is essential equipment is kept up to date to avoid erratic events and hacking
The general Election in Washington State will be conducted by mail but voting machines are still required to tabulate the votes. WA Counties choose their voting equipment from the systems certified by the Elections Division. As for Yakima and Jefferson Counties, they use extremely old voting machines. In particular, Yakima County uses scanners (Ballot Now) that have been replaced by at least 22 WA Counties over time. Complaints began 15 years ago as these scanners weren’t HAVA compliant as the error rate vastly surpassed the permitted level.
- www.sos.wa.gov/elections/research/voting-systems-by-county.aspx
- www.sos.wa.gov/elections/research/voting-system-testing-and-certification.aspx
- www.votersunite.org/info/AccuracyIgnored.asp
- www.votersunite.org/info/yakimaproblemreport.asp
WA LEAKING ALL VOTERS PRIVATE DATA
Images generated by WA voter lookup online app is leaking all data
Washington State provides an online application to allow users to check their voter status. This application, that only requires a voter’s name, last name and date of birth, creates an image in an URL with the following format: https://voter.votewa.gov/ImageViewer.aspx?ID=xxxxxxx This URL isn’t protected and anyone can gain access to any voter’s private data, voter’s QR code and other voting registration stuff by altering the ‘x’ for numbers.
WA VOTERS DATABASE SOLD ON HACKING FORUMS
Keeping voter’s data safe is crucial for election integrity
In October 2018, hackers were able to penetrate state’s official servers and download voter databases. Washington was among the targeted states and 4.7m voter records were leaked and later sold on hacking forums. The compromised data included: Voter IDs, Full Names, Physical Addresses, Previous Addresses, Date of Birth, Genders, and Voter Status
SECRETARY OF STATE FINDS 142 SUSPECTED CASES OF VOTER FRAUD
The SOS sent suspected cases of improper voting to election officials
It took two years for the Secretary of State to identify 142 suspected voter fraud cases in the 2018 general election. The election officials asked that the cases be turned over to prosecutors and county sheriffs to investigate, causing further delays in any charges being filed. The cases involve individuals as possibly voting more than once or voting for someone else.
Washington Constitutional Preamble
We, the people of the State of Washington, grateful to the Supreme Ruler of the Universe for our liberties, do ordain this constitution.
