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SKAGIT COUNTY, Wash. — Republicans in Skagit County said there are thousands of “anomalies” in the county voter rolls. They claim dead people, dead citizens and incompetent voters have cast ballots in recent elections. But what is really going on?
No one came to Marilyn Wheeler’s door. No one called or sent a letter, but somehow the 89-year-old Mt. Vernon resident’s name ended up in a report to the Skagit County Elections office that said “voter may not be competent to vote” and listed her as a voter who should possibly be removed from voter registration rolls.
“It’s wrong for anybody to decide that I’m incompetent to vote,” Wheeler said when KING 5 informed her that her name was among more than 3,000 voter registration “anomalies” submitted to Skagit County Elections. She said she has voted for all 60 years that she’s lived in the county.
An elections official assured her that her name was in good standing in the voter rolls.
The report was filed by the “Skagit Voter Integrity Project,” led by the Skagit County Republican party. In a series of emails, reports and spreadsheets submitted to the county since September of 2021, the party has claimed that its…
