King County Elections officials said “intimidating” signs placed near ballot drop boxes in King County appeared to be “a targeted effort…to intimidate and dissuade voters from using secure ballot drop boxes.”
At the bottom, there was a QR code — a small, digitally encoded pattern of squares and dots designed to be read by a smartphone scanner — to report suspicious activity.
Michael Patrick Thomas, Chair of the King County Republican Party, said party officials were unaware of the signs, which were created by a “self-appointed committee, which calls itself the KCGOP Election Integrity Committee has acted outside of its authority and without the express knowledge, permission, or consent of the King County Republican Party.”Meanwhile, county elections officials say they won’t stand for intimidation or scare tactics.
Elections officials called the placement of the signs serious offenses that would be fully investigated, so those who posted them would be held accountable.
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