Amidst evidence of signature gatherers being harassed, Washington State Attorney General Nick Brown is offering his support to prosecute those trying to interfere with the initiative and referendum process. This is a refreshing and much-needed defense of the people’s sacred constitutional rights and the rule of law.
This comes after the most recent incident on June 9th when a man stole a sheet of signatures and drove off in his truck as signature gatherers for an initiative congregated outside of a Safeway in South Hill. Unfortunately, this is not an isolated event. There has been an ongoing problem, as there were arrests in 2025 for similar abuses. There have been continued reports of threats, harassment, and tearing up and stealing signature sheets.
As Attorney General Brown says in a letter to the 39 county prosecutors and more than 250 municipal attorneys:…