There are three Bob Fergusons running for Washington state governor.
One of them is the state attorney general, who calls it an illegal scheme designed to confuse voters.
“We have threats to our democracy. This is a threat to our electoral system,” said the state attorney general.
There are a total of 30 candidates running for governor of the state, the two Bob Fergusons filed on Friday afternoon, before the 5pm deadline.
According to the Seattle Times, one is a retired public servant from Yakima and the other is a military veteran from Graham.
“Cease and desist letters were hand-delivered to the homes of the other two Robert Fergusons yesterday, urging them to leave by the five o’clock deadline today,” the state attorney general said.
On the social networks, Glen Morgan said, “Yes, I am the volunteer campaign manager for two of the Bob Fergusons running for governor. Both are superior in every way to the AG running for the same office, and I believe they can provide better choices for Democrats in our state for this position.”
The state attorney general says if the two do not withdraw their names, they will send a letter to the secretary of state to investigate further.
“Now I suspect that the other two Bob Fergusons who were tricked into putting their names on the ballot did not know and were told that this is a Class B felony. A ‘Class B’ felony carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison, and subsection four here appears to be written for today,” said Dan Satterberg, former King County prosecutor.
In these types of situations, to avoid any confusion, the state allows candidates with similar names to add information to the ballot, such as your profession, or change your status to incumbent or challenger.
Some of the other candidates running are Democratic State Senator Mark Mullet, former military intelligence analyst EL’ona Kearney and former King County Sheriff and Congressman Dave Reichert.
