SEATTLE — A box containing roughly 500 ballots from recent elections was discovered near a dumpster behind a Renton strip mall, raising concerns among state lawmakers and others about potential vulnerabilities in the state’s mail-in voting system.
Rep. Jim Walsh, R-Aberdeen and chair of the Washington State Republican Party, said the ballots appeared to have been mailed to voters but were never delivered or returned.
While most were destined for King County voters, there are other ballots for people in Snohomish and Pierce counties.
A man in Renton found the ballots in February, and they were stacked inside a box on the ground behind a strip mall, according to Walsh.
A box of about 500 ballots that Washington GOP Chair Jim Walsh claims were turned over after being found behind a Renton strip mall. Election officials said an investigation is underway. (KOMO)
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