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                         SENATE BILL 6557

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State of Washington      54th Legislature     1996 Regular Session

By Senators Roach, Haugen and Oke

Read first time 01/17/96.  Referred to Committee on Government Operations.

Cancelling voter registration of felons.

    AN ACT Relating to cancellation of voter registration of persons convicted of infamous crimes; adding a new section to chapter 10.64 RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 29.10 RCW.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 10.64 RCW to read as follows:

    Within fourteen days of the entry of a judgment of conviction of an individual for an infamous crime, the clerk of the court shall send a notice of the conviction including the full name of the defendant and his or her residential address to the county auditor or custodian of voting records in the county of the defendant's residence.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  A new section is added to chapter 29.10 RCW to read as follows:

    Upon receiving notice under section 1 of this act, if the convicted person is a registered voter in the county, the county auditor or custodian of voting records shall strike the name of the defendant from the roll of registered voters.

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