On May 8, 2025, Judge Camara Banfield ruled in favor of the Defense's Motion for Summary Judgment in the case: Matthew Frohlich and Washington State Republican Party Plaintiffs, V Clark County and Greg Kimsey, in his official Capacity as the Clark County Auditor, Defendants (#24-2-04196-06).
This sets a terrible and very dangerous precedent that county auditors are under no legal obligation to remove voters from the voter rolls who have previously reported a change of residence - or for auditors to even update their voter registrations before an election. There may be an appeal…
Clark County auditor Greg Kimsey was sued by Frohlich and the WAGOP for not cleaning up the Clark County voter rolls prior to ballots being mailed for the 2024 Nov 5th general election. The plaintiffs asserted that Kimsey ignored the standard National Change of Address reports he regularly receives and did not update the voter rolls in a timely manner.
The lawsuit contended that thousands of ballots were mailed to non-eligible voters who had previously moved out of Legislative District 18 before ballots were mailed thereby affecting the race results between Benton and Cortes.
Inslee Appointee, Clark County Superior Court Judge Camara Banfield ruled: Having reviewed the parties’ briefing and caselaw cited, this Court finds that the Plaintiff was unable to find any applicable caselaw to support their argument of negligence as applied to the statutes in question and the action of Greg Kimsey. The Court grants Defendant’s joint motion for summary judgement and requests attorneys for the defendants to propose findings accordingly.
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