Filed Date: Sept. 21, 2021
Closed Date: Oct. 3, 2022
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This is a case about alleged ballot misconduct in Thurston County, Washington. On September 21, 2021, Washington Election Integrity Coalition United (“WEICU”), a nonprofit, and various individual voters/electors who lived in Thurston County, Washington, filed a lawsuit in the Superior Court of the State of Washington against Thurston County and the Thurston County Auditor asserting claims for violation of federal and Washington state law relating to the November 2020 general election in Thurston County. All of the plaintiffs proceeded pro se, except for WEICU, which was represented by counsel.
The individual plaintiffs alleged that the Thurston County Auditor: (1) used an uncertified voting system; (2) allowed or facilitated fraudulent alterations of voting results; (3) maintained records of county elector party preference and identified electors’ ballots by party preference; and (4) violated the individual plaintiffs’ equal protection, due process, and/or free speech rights under the United States Constitution and the Washington State Constitution. The individual plaintiffs sought declaratory and injunctive relief, as well as money damages from the Thurston County Auditor under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1988. WEICU asserted a claim against Thurston County and the Thurston County Auditor under Washington’s Public Records Act for wrongful denial of its ballot-related records request. In addition, WEICU sought to compel Thurston County and the Thurston County Auditor to make records from the November 2020 election available for a full forensic audit. The lawsuit was removed to the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington on October 22, 2021. Following removal to federal court, the case was reassigned several different times, but was ultimately assigned to District Judge Lauren King.
On September 30, 2022, the court dismissed the lawsuit sua sponte for lack of subject matter jurisdiction because the individual plaintiffs alleged only generalized grievances, and did not assert that they had suffered “any ‘concrete, particularized, and actual or imminent’ injury from the Auditor’s alleged misconduct.” 634 F.Supp.3d 977. In addition, the court held that it lacked supplemental jurisdiction over the individual plaintiffs’ and WEICU’s Washington state law claims. The court declined to remand the lawsuit to Washington state court because it held that remand was “certain to be futile.” As stated by the court, ”dismissal of the claims [was] ‘foreordained’ because they [were] clearly foreclosed by Washington law.”
The case is now closed.
Summary Authors
Cassandra T. (12/29/2025)
See docket on RECAP: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/60668718/washington-election-integrity-coalition-united-v-hall/
Last updated Dec. 30, 2025, 3:27 a.m.
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Key Dates
Filing Date: Sept. 21, 2021
Closing Date: Oct. 3, 2022
Case Ongoing: No
Plaintiffs
Plaintiff Description:
Residents and electors of Washington State who voted in the November 2020 General Election and Washington Election Integrity Coalition United, a nonprofit organization
Plaintiff Type(s):
Non-profit NON-religious organization
Public Interest Lawyer: No
Filed Pro Se: Yes
Class Action Sought: No
Class Action Outcome: Not sought
Defendants
Thurston County, Washington (Thurston), County
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Case Details
Causes of Action:
Help America Vote Act (HAVA), 52 U.S.C. § 20901 et seq (previously 42 U.S.C. § 15301 et seq)
Constitutional Clause(s):
Privileges and/or Immunities Clauses
Other Dockets:
Western District of Washington 3:21-cv-05787
Washington state trial court 21-2-01641-34
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Outcome
Prevailing Party: Defendant
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Amount Defendant Pays: 0
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Voting: