WA GOP leader says he has box of ballots found next to a Renton dumpster

By: Jerry Cornfield

Outlets: Washington State Standard

Published: April 18, 2026

Words: 571

Last Updated: 3 months, 1 week ago


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King County election officials want to know how a box of ballots wound up next to a dumpster behind a strip mall in Renton, then in the hands of the Washington State Republican Party leader this week.

Roughly 400 ballots, most unopened and unvoted, were brought to the Bellevue headquarters of the state party on Thursday, chairman Jim Walsh said. They were for primary and general elections from 2022 to 2025, he said.

“This is …

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