Washington’s Secretary of State (SOS) has removed a residency requirement for registering to vote enshrined in the state’s Constitution
In 2023, a lawsuit was filed by the Washington State Alliance for Retired Americans arguing that this residency requirement violated the US Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1970, which prohibit residency requirements for voters in federal elections.
https://thepostmillennial.com/washington-removes-residency-requirement-for-voter-registration
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