The Seattle Times reports:
Calling it an attempt at voter intimidation, King County Elections Director Julie Wise requested the sheriff’s office investigate people who planted signs near ballot boxes warning voters they were “under surveillance.”
The signs in question were posted near ballot boxes in several Seattle and Eastside locations, with red letters warning the boxes were “under surveillance” and implying criminal consequences “for harvesting or depositing ballots” for pay.
The signs included a scannable QR code that linked to a King County Republican Party website and form encouraging people to submit “incident reports” documenting allegedly suspicious activity.
The Associated Press reports:
Mathew Patrick Thomas, chair of the King County Republicans, said Monday evening he was disbanding the county party’s so-called election integrity committee and said its members were involved in printing and planting the signs without his knowledge.
Amber Krabach, a state legislative candidate and one of the leaders of that committee, said Monday the signs shouldn’t have bothered anyone not attempting illegal activity.
Thomas said the party would fully cooperate with King County Elections and would take legal action if any groups or individuals “misappropriate” the party’s name for “any unsanctioned or ill-intentioned use.”
Krabach’s YouTube channel is full of the usual QAnon claims about ballots. In 2020, she earned attention for claiming that Antifa was leading a plot to hoard baking supplies.
King County Elections asks sheriff to investigate GOP activists’ ballot-box ‘surveillance’ as potential voter intimidation #waelex https://t.co/qARjtxpM7R via @seattletimes
— Jim Brunner (@Jim_Brunner) July 20, 2022
Amber Krabach, a 2020 candidate for the Washington State House of Representatives, is a QAnon follower.
In 2018 Krabach lost the election for the same seat to the incumbent. pic.twitter.com/mvT6Yt07ra
— Travis View (@travis_view) December 21, 2019
Now Amber Krabach, with the King Co. GOP’s election integrity is talking about how she took videos of the ballot bins with zip ties that were “loose” during recent primary. Krabach has asserted on Twitter this should invalidate the entire election.
— Jim Brunner (@Jim_Brunner) August 16, 2021