NEW: Lawsuit seeks to stop disqualification of WA ballots for signature mismatches, arguing practice is arbitrary, error-prone & disproportionately disenfranchises young voters, voters of color #waelex seattletimes.com/seattle-news/p… via @seattletimes @seattletimes Plaintiffs include Vet Voice Foundation, El Centro de la Raza, Washington Bus, and three King Co. voters whose ballots were rejected

Pierce County Sheriff Ed Troyer jury selection continues, but looks like trial may be delayed. Attorney Anne Bremner says Troyer tested positive for influenza A, negative for COVID. Livestream here:
piercecountywa.gov/7884/Trial-Inf… Troyer has right to be in court for jury selection, so this seems likely to bump that back, and delay opening statements in the trial, which were scheduled for Monday.

OPB: Joe Kent releases documents amid questions over who is paying US House candidate’s salary opb.org/article/2022/1… The Kent campaign also shared copies of W2s with the Seattle Times today, stating the company paying him is "Advanced Enterprises Solution" not "American Enterprise Solutions" as he has been saying and reported in ethics forms.

Short thread: (1/5) If SCOTUS indeed is about to overturn Roe, it will put a spotlight on contrasting views of @SmileyForWA and @PattyMurray in WA's 2022 Senate race. #waelex (2/5) Smiley, the likely GOP challenger to WA's five term senior senator Murray, reportedly backed Texas law banning virtually all abortions thehill.com/homenews/campa…

THREAD: It's past time to share the most comically lousy Public Records Act response I've seen from a state agency in my 20+ years as a reporter. Yes I am talking about @ESDwaWorks #waleg On June 24, 2020, I emailed a records request to @ESDwaWorks for "a complete copy of [ESD Commissioner] Suzi LeVine's calendar from Jan. 1, 2020 through May 31, 2020."

Happening now: Washington's 12 presidential electors voting in Electoral College seattletimes.com/seattle-news/p… @secstatewa Kim Wyman is kicking off ceremony by praising voter turnout & peaceful transfer of power. She is choking up a bit as she talks about end of "one of the most contentious elections of our lifetime" "This is getting to me today."