RENTON, Wash. — Federal authorities have taken custody of a batch of election mail found near a Renton dumpster as officials investigate how what are alleged to be hundreds of ballots from past elections were left unclaimed.
The discovery surfaced last week after Washington State Republican Party Chairman and state Rep. Jim Walsh posted a video on social media showing a box of outbound, unvoted ballots he said had been found near a strip mall dumpster.
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Walsh said a man from Renton found a box of roughly 500 ballots spanning multiple election cycles – many from 2022 through 2025 – behind the strip mall in February.
Walsh first posted a video regarding the ballots on April 16.
King County Elections said it is now working with local and federal partners, including the U.S. Postal Inspection…
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