Edmonds state House candidate arrested collecting petition signatures

EDMONDS — A candidate for state House of Representatives was arrested last week on charges of criminal trespassing at the Edmonds Arts Festival after trying to get signatures for a petition.

Bruce Guthrie, 61, sees it as a violation of his civil rights.

Edmonds police arrested Guthrie while he was seeking signatures on a petition to get Libertarian presidential candidate Chase Oliver on Washington’s ballot this year.

Though it was public property, event organizers asked Guthrie a few times to leave, before the arrest. He said the event manager claimed they had the right to ask him to leave, since the Edmonds Arts Festival had rented out the public park. Guthrie refused.

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