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SENATE BILL 5226
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State of Washington 54th Legislature 1995 Regular Session
By Senators C. Anderson, McCaslin, Heavey and Kohl
Read first time 01/16/95. Referred to Committee on Government Operations.
AN ACT Relating to canvassing of mail-only-ballot special elections; and amending RCW 29.62.020.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 29.62.020 and 1987 c 54 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
No later than the tenth day after a special election or primary or the twentieth day after a spring special election conducted by mail-ballot-only under RCW 29.36.120, and no later than the fifteenth day after a general election, the county auditor shall convene the county canvassing board to process the absentee ballots and canvass the votes cast at that primary or election. On the tenth day after a special election or a primary, or the twentieth day after a spring special election conducted by mail-only-ballot, and on the fifteenth day after a general election, the canvassing board shall complete the canvass and certify the results. All properly and timely voted absentee ballots which have been received on or before the date on which the primary or election is certified shall be included in the canvass. Meetings of the county canvassing board are public meetings under chapter 42.30 RCW. The county canvassing board shall consist of the county auditor, the chairman of the county legislative authority, and the prosecuting attorney or designated representatives of those officials.
At the request of any caucus of the state legislature, the county auditor shall transmit copies of all unofficial returns of state and legislative primaries or elections prepared by or for the county canvassing board to either the secretary of the senate or the chief clerk of the house.
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