Election integrity scorecard ranks Washington state near bottom
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Election integrity scorecard ranks Washington state near bottom
Minnesota, Nevada, Oregon, Vermont, California and Hawaii make up the rest of the bottom six in Heritage Foundation's 2026 report.
Austin Reed | The Center Square contributor
Published: September 21, 2026 11:12pm
Washington state ranks near the bottom of a newly updated election integrity scorecard from the Heritage Foundation, continuing the debate over voter registration, election rolls and the state's vote-by-mail system.
The Heritage Foundation's 2026 Election Integrity Scorecard ranks Washington 46th among the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
"Election laws should be strongly enforced by state authorities to deter election crimes or fraudulent activity," reads a statement from Heritage Foundation accompanying the report. "Americans need and deserve a system in which it is easy to vote and hard to cheat."
Minnesota, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, Vermont, California and Hawaii make up the bottom six. Tennessee ranked first with 87 of the 100 available points, followed by Arkansas, Alabama, Louisiana and Florida.
Heritage describes the scorecard as an assessment of state election laws, regulations and procedures compared with recommendations developed by the foundation. The 2026 methodology evaluates 15 areas, including voter identification, voter-registration list maintenance, documentary and citizenship verification, absentee-ballot rules, automatic registration, election observers, post-election audits and foreign funding of ballot measures.
Heritage specifically increased the weight of proof-of-citizenship and related voter-list maintenance provisions in its September 2026 update.
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