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Residents tell county commissioners they found apparent double voting and a backdated cancellation; cases referred to sheriff
Summary
Two Washington County residents alleged apparent double voting and a backdated cancellation on local voter rolls and said they have shared documentation with the Washington County Sheriff's Office and the secretary of state's investigators.
Two residents told the Washington County Board of Commissioners during public comment July 21 that they had found possible irregularities in county voter records and said they have passed supporting documents to law enforcement.
"A ballot was cast for the November 2022 general election for Brock Wesley Nichols in 2 locations, Washington County, Oregon and Dewey County, Oklahoma," Roger Law said, reading a potential fraud case and saying he had shared the records with the Washington County Sheriff's Office. Law said Washington County records showed a ballot in Nichols's name was received and accepted in the November 8, 2022, election while Dewey County records show he voted in person there the same day.
Mary Helgiopoulos said a ballot was cast in the name of Linda Lazama after Lazama's death in 2015 and that a county cancellation report had been backdated to the date of death, which would make detecting a later‑cast ballot difficult. "This falsification of the death of her record would make it impossible to see that a ballot had been submitted after her death," Helgiopoulos said, and she added that the packet of documents had been shared with the sheriff's office and the secretary of state's investigation division.
Clerk Moss and the board did not take public testimony on these items during the meeting beyond the public comments; both speakers said they had already provided supporting documentation to the sheriff's office. The board did not announce any immediate staff action or formal investigation during the meeting.
The speakers referenced the November 2022 election dates and said they had examined registration and cancellation records, obituary information and national change‑of‑address details. The county did not respond to the allegations during the public comment period recorded in the meeting transcript.
Next steps: both residents said they had submitted materials to investigative authorities; the sheriff's office and the secretary of state's offices are the recipients listed by the commenters. The board did not vote or direct staff to open an internal election audit during the public comment portion of the meeting.
