(4 Apr 2025)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Seattle – 4 April 2025
1. Wide of news conference start
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Nick Brown, Washington state attorney general:
"This morning, Washington and Oregon joined together in a lawsuit to stop the President’s illegal and unconstitutional attempt to take over administration of our state election systems. Our case is both narrow in focus and broad in its importance. First and foremost, neither the Constitution nor any federal law gives the President authority to set rules for how states conduct elections. Let me just say that again. The President has no authority to set rules for how states conduct their elections. It is the states that decide how voters are registered. It is states that decides how ballots are counted."
3. Seal of attorney general’s office
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Nick Brown, Washington state attorney general:
"Democrats and Republicans in our state have worked together to protect and expand participation in our democracy, and Washington has a robust, safe, and secure voting system. But despite the state’s very clear authority to run their own voting systems and the clear success of Washington State’s program in particular, the President has once again ignored the law by signing an executive order that would give him control over how the states count ballots. what voting equipment states can use, and how states registered voters and more."
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ARCHIVE: Seattle – 12 March 2024
5. People voting in primary
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Seattle – 4 April 2025
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Nick Brown, Washington state attorney general:
"The President’s illegal executive order violates multiple parts of the Constitution and federal statutes. And the order makes it harder to vote, erodes public confidence in our elections, and makes it more expensive for states to administer our systems. And most alarming, it would disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of Washington residents. The order is so poorly drafted that any state’s voting system could be decertified by the federal government. We will not let this attempt to assert control over our constitutional rights go unchecked."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ARCHIVE: Seattle – 12 March 2024
7. People voting in primary
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Seattle – 4 April 2025
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Nick Brown, Washington state attorney general:
"But it is hard to imagine a subject where this president has less credibility than he does with elections. When the president loses elections, he creates conspiracy theories to explain his loss. He tears down anyone who dares to object to his evidence-free attacks. He has consistently bullied election workers, pressured election officials, and is always looking to undermine faith in our democracy. He is still lying about his loss in the 2020 presidential election. And now he seems to be flirting with the idea of running for an unconstitutional third term as president of this country."
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ARCHIVE: Renton, Washington – 28 October 2020
9. Ballots being sorted
STORYLINE:
Washington and Oregon on Friday became the latest states to ask a court to reject President Donald Trump’s efforts to overhaul elections in the U.S., a day after Democratic officials in 19 others filed a similar lawsuit.
Washington Attorney General Nick Brown told a news conference that Washington and Oregon sued separately because they conduct elections entirely by mail and would be particularly harmed by the president’s efforts.
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