The Inlander, a free weekly in Spokane, Washington, has this article explaining why Evan McMullin isn’t on the ballot in Washington state. The problem is the state’s July deadline. In the past it was in September, but over the years the Washington legislature has made the procedure more restrictive.
McMullin didn’t declare until August 10, and the petition deadline was July 23.
Washington state is pretty much a Liberal state .Now the Late Washington state Senator Henry Jackson who would now be considered a neo con supported the Vietnam war and unsuccessfully ran for the Democratic party Presidential nomination in 1972 .Idkn maybe again in 76