SB 5080 - DIGEST


Requires that the provisional ballot envelope or return envelope shall have a place for the voter to mark that he or she is a citizen of the United States and the notation, "Check here if you are a citizen of the United States." Failure to place a mark indicating citizenship on the provisional ballot envelope does not affect the validity of the ballot.

Provides that a person who knowingly falsely marks a provisional ballot envelope or absentee ballot return envelope that he or she is a citizen of the United States, is guilty of a class C felony punishable under RCW 9A.20.021.