"Sec. 11   RCW 29A.08.710 and 2003 c 111 s 246 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) The county auditor shall have custody of the voter registration records for each county. The original voter registration form must be filed without regard to precinct and is considered confidential and unavailable for public inspection and copying. An automated file of all registered voters must be maintained pursuant to RCW 29A.08.125. An auditor may maintain the automated file in lieu of filing or maintaining the original voter registration forms if the automated file includes all of the information from the original voter registration forms including, but not limited to, a retrievable facsimile of each voter's signature.
     (2) The following information contained in voter registration records or files regarding a voter or a group of voters is available for public inspection and copying: The voter's full legal name, gender, voting record, date of registration, year but not date of birth, and registration number. The address and political jurisdiction of a registered voter are available for public inspection and copying except as provided by chapter 40.24 RCW. No other information from voter registration records or files is available for public inspection or copying.

Sec. 12   RCW 29A.08.710 and 2004 c 267 s 133 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) The county auditor shall have custody of the original voter registration records for each county. The original voter registration form must be filed without regard to precinct and is considered confidential and unavailable for public inspection and copying. An automated file of all registered voters must be maintained pursuant to RCW 29A.08.125. An auditor may maintain the automated file in lieu of filing or maintaining the original voter registration forms if the automated file includes all of the information from the original voter registration forms including, but not limited to, a retrievable facsimile of each voter's signature.
     (2) The following information contained in voter registration records or files regarding a voter or a group of voters is available for public inspection and copying: The voter's full legal name, gender, voting record, date of registration, year but not date of birth, and registration number. The address and political jurisdiction of a registered voter are available for public inspection and copying except as provided by chapter 40.24 RCW. No other information from voter registration records or files is available for public inspection or copying."

"Sec. 12   RCW 29A.08.830 and 2003 c 111 s 255 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) Any registered voter may request that the registration of another voter be canceled if he or she believes that the voter does not meet the requirements of Article VI, section 1 of the state Constitution or that voter no longer maintains or has never maintained a legal voting residence at the address shown on his or her registration record. The challenger shall file with the county auditor a signed affidavit subject to the penalties of perjury, to the effect that to his or her personal knowledge and belief another registered voter does not actually reside at or has never resided at the address as given on his or her registration record or is otherwise not a qualified voter and that the voter in question is not protected by the provisions of Article VI, section 4, of the Constitution of the state of Washington. The person filing the challenge must furnish the address at which the challenged voter actually resides if that information is known to the challenger. If the allegation is made by sworn affidavit that the listed legal voting residence is not in fact a residence but is rather a private or public mail box or is a business address at which residency would be unlawful, a rebuttable presumption is created that the voter's registration is invalid and to overcome the presumption the voter must show by a preponderance of the evidence that the address is actually where he or she resides.
     (2) Any such challenge of a voter's registration and right to vote made less than thirty days before a primary or election, special or general, shall be administered under RCW 29A.08.820. The county auditor shall notify the challenged voter and the precinct election officers in the voter's precinct that a challenge has been filed, provide the name of the challenger, and instruct both the precinct election officers and the voter that, in the event the challenged voter desires to vote at the ensuing primary or election, a challenged ballot will be provided. The voter shall also be informed that the status of his or her registration and the disposition of any challenged ballot will be determined by the county canvassing board in the manner provided by RCW 29A.08.820. If the challenged voter does not vote at the ensuing primary or election, the challenge shall be processed in the same manner as challenges made more than thirty days prior to the primary or election under RCW 29A.08.840."

"NEW SECTION.  Sec. 13   Section 11 of this act expires January 1, 2006.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 14   Except for section 11 of this act, this act takes effect January 1, 2006."