Challenging a voter registration

Find out about how to report a voter registration that may be ineligible.

A voter registration challenge is a way to contest the qualifications of a voter. Any registered voter or the prosecuting attorney's office can turn in a challenge.

There are five different items that you can challenge. The voter:

Is not a U.S. citizen
Will not be at least 18 years old by the next election
Was convicted of a felony and has not yet had his or her rights restored
Has been judicially declared ineligible to vote due to mental incompetency
Does not reside at the address listed on his or her voter registration

How to challenge a voter registration

Fill out the voter registration challenge form

Visit the Washington Secretary of State website to download the form
Submit the form to King County Elections

You can submit challenge forms to King County Elections by email, fax, and mail.

Email:

elections@kingcounty.gov

Subject: Voter registration challenge

Fax:

206-296-0108

Mail:

King County Elections
Attn: Voter registration challenge
919 SW Grady Way
Renton, WA 98057

What happens after I submit a challenge?

The challenge is reviewed by the prosecuting attorney’s office to make sure it is complete. You will be notified if it is not.

If the challenge is complete:

All information is posted to our website
We will notify the challenged voter and others that a challenge has been turned in
We will set a time and date for the challenge hearing

What is a challenge hearing?

A challenge hearing is a meeting to hear the facts about the voter registration challenge and to make a decision on the registration. The challenge hearing is an administrative hearing that is open to the public. It is not a court hearing.

Current voter registration challenges

Name	Materials
Diego Salgado	Challenge packet
Jordan Jang	Challenge packet
Said Maamun Armush	Challenge packet
Sonja Kay Harkins	Challenge packet
Miles Trochesset	Challenge packet
Dangelo Thornton Cornelison	Challenge packet
John Wade	Challenge packet
Salvador Alcantar Valenzuela	Challenge packet
Mary Courtney Smith	Challenge packet
Arden Henderson	Challenge packet
Troy James Belanger	Challenge packet
Ralph Simon Gertz	Challenge packet
Patrick Awuah	Challenge packet
William Kevin Wrenn	Challenge packet
Sean Patrick Gross	Challenge packet
David Zuluaga	Challenge packet
Brian Xi Liang	Challenge packet
Nicolas Aaron Ewing	Challenge packet
Christopher Sung Lee	Challenge packet
Charles Wayne Hehner	Challenge packet
John Andrew Birrell-Levine	Challenge packet
Gretta Bartels Duleba	Challenge packet
Hans Ake Andersson	Challenge packet
Todd Charlton Lamson	Challenge packet
Kady Dera Bixby	Challenge packet
Ying Yu	Challenge packet
Robert Eugene Down	Challenge packet
John Patriot Neptune	Challenge packet
Carlos John Wayne Starr	Challenge packet