Resource: Washington Durational Residency Requirement Challenge

Lawsuit filed on behalf of Washington State Alliance for Retired Americans challenging a Washington law that requires voters to live in the state — or in a particular county or precinct — for at least 30 days in order to be eligible to register to vote and cast a ballot in the next election. The plaintiff asserts that this “pre-election durational residency requirement” — which voters must attest to satisfying on voter registration forms — “is longer than the registration deadline and…therefore prevents voters who could otherwise lawfully register and cast ballots from doing so just because they moved into the state, county or precinct too recently.”