Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.

     Purpose: To provide guidance to county auditors and provide uniformity in calculating the count of registered voters for the purposes under chapter 42.17 RCW.

     Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 42.17.370.

      Adopted under notice filed as WSR 08-01-061 on December 14, 2007.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Date Adopted: January 24, 2008.

Vicki Rippie

Executive Director

OTS-1103.1

NEW SECTION
WAC 390-05-225   Registered voters -- Count or number of.   In accordance with RCW 29A.08.130, for purposes of chapter 42.17 RCW and TITLE 390 WAC, the count or number of registered voters shall not include inactive voters.

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