Many key provisions of the federal For the People Act are already law in Washington state, including the widespread use of mail-in voting, easily traceable paper ballots and same-day voter registration.
“Almost everything that’s in the bill we are already doing or have already enacted,” said Secretary of State Kim Wyman, a Republican who serves as the state’s top elections official.
To be sure, expanded ballot access in Washington won’t help voters in Georgia and Florida, two states that recently enacted laws making it harder to vote by mail and limiting access to ballot drop boxes, among other changes. The U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday that it is suing
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