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107 stories matching registr
- Who Gets to Vote in the Primaries?
Seattle's corporation counsel says registration is not optional—even for party primaries—and that election judges cannot waive it.
- The Defiant Board of Registration
When the Supreme Court of Washington Territory ruled against women’s suffrage in 1887, Seattle officials openly revolted, ordering women to register for the upcoming city election anyway.
- The Battle Over the Ballot Box in Seattle's First Ward
As local politicians traded barbs over an uptick in voter registration, the 'Post-Intelligencer' dismisses claims of fraud, pointing to the city’s rapid post-fire growth as the true cause of the numbers.
- Tacoma Election Officials Brace for Voter Fraud
With the municipal election approaching, Tacoma officials scramble to investigate 'manufactured' voters and illegal registrations by transients.
- The Grape Carnival's Strategic Voter Drive
In a bid to boost voter registration for a port district proposal, the Grape Carnival committee is enlisting young women to trade registration certificates for voting power in the local queen contest.
- Cleaning Up the Ballot Box
Legislators move to close loopholes that allowed fraudulent signatures to threaten the integrity of Washington's direct democracy.
- Seattle's Election Was Supposed to Draw 8,000. Then the Fraud Reports Started.
With 10,841 names on the rolls, officials expected a big vote—but blank registration certificates were circulating, and Tacoma police found Seattle papers on men arrested as hobos.
- The Supreme Court Rules Against Voter Registration in Tacoma
A surprise high court ruling eliminates voter registration requirements for an upcoming special municipal bond election, sparking fears of illegal voting.
- Newport Votes Itself Dry by Sixteen Votes
A local-option election on Sept. 7, 1909, ended licensed liquor sales in Newport, 110 to 94, after challenged voters, an illegal-registration arrest and a hard-fought badge campaign. The saloons were set to close Dec. 6, with a countywide vote still to come.
- The Registration Catch-22
New legislation forces naturalized citizens to produce hard-to-find documentation, effectively disenfranchising long-term residents and property owners.
- The Surprise Ballot: How Women Upended Seattle Politics in 1887
When Washington women were granted the vote, skeptics assumed they wouldn't use it—until they turned out in such force they shocked the political establishment.
- The Battle of Yesler’s Wharf
When an opposition newspaper accused Seattle’s steamboatmen of being 'bogus' voters, the local press fought back to defend the right of the working class to define the city’s political future.
- The Fight for the Immigrant Ballot
A Seattle contractor sues the City Clerk to challenge a restrictive 1893 registration law that threatened to disenfranchise foreign-born voters.
- A Ring, a Resignation and a Democratic Landslide in Seattle
Mayor-elect Ronald insists the sweeping Democratic victory was no party triumph but a popular revolt against boss rule, a pliant police chief and corrupt registration.
- The Right to Vote Should Not Be an Obstacle Course
A Seattle judge strikes down a restrictive registration law that forced foreign-born citizens to constantly prove their naturalization status.
- The Registration Wars of 1892
A political brawl spills into the courts as Tacoma’s city clerk is arrested for refusing to register voters pushed by out-of-town Democratic ward workers.
- The Fight for Foreign-Born Suffrage
A legal challenge emerges as the city clerk denies voter registration to naturalized citizens lacking paper proof.
- The Oath That Failed: A Chinese Registration Case Collapses
A Seattle federal commissioner rules that deputy collectors had no authority to administer the oath required by the Chinese registration laws—undercutting a perjury charge against Chin Un Chong.
- The Battle for the Ballot Gains Momentum
As Washington suffragists organize for victory, they look to Idaho as a model and report a surge in female voter registration in Seattle.
- The Tax Trap: How a Federal Order Threatened Seattle’s Revenue
In 1876, a bureaucratic directive from Washington D.C. threatened to drain King County of its maritime tax base by forcing all vessels to 'hail' from Port Townsend, sparking fears of financial ruin for local developers.
- The Battle Over Voter Registration at Martin Creek
A local judge rules against the King County commissioners, setting a precedent for voter integrity in a contested territory.
- The Price of a Vote: Seattle’s 1884 Election Costs
A look back at the surprisingly high cost of democracy in early Seattle, where administrative overhead, printing, and legal red tape turned local elections into a financial burden for the growing town.
- Vancouver’s Saloon Fight Comes to a Boil
As city registration closes, the liquor interest and the churches square off over control of the council.
- A Call to the Ballot Box for Working Women
Despite women securing the franchise, local labor organizers find dismal registration numbers among union families.
- Guns at the Polls: Seattle’s First Ward Primary Erupts in a Street Brawl
Sheriff Woolery and saloon man John Considine tried to seize a Republican primary by arresting the election judges; Chief Rogers and his police fought back with warrants, clubs and drawn revolvers.
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- The Heroes of the Revenue Marine
An officer recounts a decade of daring rescues and high-seas law enforcement along the Pacific and Atlantic coasts.
- The Bureaucratic Limbo of the 'Mogul' Passengers
Chinese laborers who returned from China face legal hurdles and suspicious scrutiny from federal authorities in Seattle.
- The Professional Tramp and His Seven Languages
A recurring visitor to the Post-Intelligencer office earns his keep with tall tales, Shakespearean quotes, and a refined taste for cocktails.
- The Revenue Cutter Steward’s Opium Cache
A longtime employee of the U.S. revenue cutter 'Oliver Wolcott' is arrested for smuggling opium from British Columbia, exposing a decade-long secret life.
- The Bookkeeper Who Played Lawyer
A former insurance company clerk, accused of forgery, stunned the King County courtroom by ditching his defense counsel to argue his own case.
- The 'Royal Endeavor' Insurance Fraud
A shady order claiming to be an insurance society dupes citizens of Prosser before being unmasked as a total fraud.
- Clergyman Detained for Extradition
A minister faces serious criminal charges in Washington state as authorities move to detain him in British Columbia.
- The Paper That Stood Between Jung Wing and Deportation
Arrested at a Point Roberts cannery for lacking a registration certificate, Jung Wing wins a month to prove he is the man named on a lost Portland certificate—or face deportation.