This measure would make WA residents prove they are citizens when they register to vote [View all]

A Republican-led effort to make Washington residents prove they are U.S. citizens before receiving a ballot is hitting the streets.

Backers of an initiative requiring a person to provide proof of citizenship as part of the voter registration process have begun gathering signatures after a Thurston County judge settled a dispute on how the measure would be described on ballots.

Under the proposed measure, one would need an enhanced driver’s license or enhanced identicard, or present another form of identification like a passport or birth certificate at a county auditor’s office when they first register. Existing voters would have their registrations canceled if they fail to produce such proof by the November 2027 election when the changes would take effect.

This would be a seismic political change. On the current Washington voter registration form, a person marks a box indicating they are a citizen.

https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2025/07/14/this-measure-would-make-wa-residents-prove-they-are-citizens-when-they-register-to-vote/

I've been registered to vote since 1975. I will not lose it to some paranoid xenophobic troglodyte of a Republican loser.