[WalterBright]

"An official list of citizens to check citizenship status against does not exist. If the required information for voter registration is included – name; address; date of birth; a signature attesting to the truth of the information provided on the application; and an indication in the box confirming the individual is a U.S. citizen – the person must be added to the voter registration file. Modifying state law would require an act of the state legislature, and federal law, an act of Congress. Neither the Secretary of State nor the county auditor has lawmaking authority."

https://www.thurstoncountywa.gov/departments/auditor/electio...

[triceratops]

That does say anyone can challenge a registration. But I agree it's dumb not to perform basic checks with provided information.

[WalterBright]

> That does say anyone can challenge a registration.

Yes, it does. But who and how is someone going to challenge 100,000 registrations? This issue was brought up in the paper, and people objected to it saying such was an invasion of privacy.