It seems the League has a fan in Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs! 

Or at least a fan of the League for applauding the secretary’s refusal to turn over protected voter information to the U.S. Department of Justice. 

“Thank you, @kittitas league!” reads Hobbs’ note on an Instagram post of an opinion piece Kittitas League president Robbie Soltz wrote and which appeared in Jan. 3, 2026, Ellensburg Record. 

“The states have long protected voter privacy,” Soltz wrote in the opinion piece. “The DOJ’s demands represent a dangerous federal overreach that threatens election security and public trust.” 

The opinion continued: “The League of Women Voters, Campaign Legal Center, and the Brennan Center are working together against the DOJ’s similar lawsuits in Maine, New York and Oregon. The league is also active in additional suits where the DOJ has sued California, Minnesota, Michigan and Pennsylvania. 

“Please join us, your Kittitas County local League of Women Voters, in applauding Secretary Hobbs for standing up, telling the truth and doing his best in protecting the voters of Washington.”