FOX 13 previews federal disclosure on Washington voter-registration allegations

The Seattle report pairs plans for a federal briefing with Secretary of State Steve Hobbs's statement that noncitizen voting is extremely rare.

Channel: FOX 13 Seattle Story of October 27, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 65,308 views a day, 17 times a normal first day on this channel (3,868).

Federal officials to release data on noncitizen voter allegations in WA | FOX 13 Seattle

Reporting outside King County Elections headquarters in Renton, Taylor Winkel draws an important distinction: federal officials are preparing to release information about noncitizens allegedly registered to vote. That is not the same as establishing that they cast ballots.

FOX 13 Seattle's Monday morning report previews a scheduled news conference at Seattle's federal courthouse. It does not contain the promised federal findings or establish the scale of the registration allegations.

Winkel explains Washington's registration process through driver's license renewals, verification procedures and provisional ballots. The report also displays a statement from Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs, who describes voting fraud as incredibly rare and cites the state's historical count of noncitizen voting cases.

The brief upload drew about 47,000 views in its first 13 hours, far beyond the station's usual start for videos of this length. Its comment section was also much busier than a typical first day.

The broadcast closes with practical election information: an update on returned ballots and a reminder that Monday was the final day to register online in Washington.

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The numbers

The report reached an unusually large audience for one of FOX 13 Seattle's short uploads, with comments also arriving well above its usual first-day level.

the video's first day

usual first day here

3,868

this video

65,308

subscribers

403,000

▲ 1,000 in the last 7 days

total views

384,573,139

views per day

532,102

typical day: 320,579

the video

views

46,940

likes

388

comments

506

days online

1

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

NBCLA

426,000

WCCO - CBS Minnesota

422,000

FOX 13 Seattle

403,000

WSB-TV

392,000

KTVU FOX 2 San Francisco

390,000

CP24

382,000

As of October 27, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.