Jim Walsh, seen here at an event in early 2024, chairs the Washington State Republican Party, which is suing King County over its use of an online platform to help people fix signature problems on their ballots. (Bill Lucia/Washington State Standard)
With only six weeks before voting begins in Washington’s November election, state Republican Party Chair Jim Walsh acknowledged that time is tight for his party’s legal challenge against recount results in the state lands commissioner primary.
On Thursday, the party filed a lawsuit against King County over the use of an online system to aid voters in fixing, or “curing,” signature problems on their ballots, allowing them to be counted. With the lawsuit, the party is trying to get about 2,000 ballots invalidated – more than enough to potentially overturn the primary results.
The party filed the suit in Snohomish County Superior Court. The court had not indicated whether it would expedite review of the case, Walsh said midday on Friday. “We’re asking them for a quick review, but that’s up to the court,” he said.