King County Elections and the Washington Secretary of State are working with law enforcement after a box of abandoned ballots was found next to a dumpster in Renton earlier this year.
The 380 ballots, mostly from King County, were not filled out and were never delivered to voters. They were addressed to voters who mostly used storefront mailboxes, like parcel lockers from Amazon or UPS, and spanned elections from 2022 to 2025. State GOP leader and Republican state Rep. Jim Walsh posted on social media about the ballots last week and said they represented a security risk.
“It’s not proof of fraud, but it’s proof of the opportunity for that,” Walsh said. “When a lot of hands are touching a ballot, you can’t be absolutely certain what happens.”…