5640-S AMS MORT GORR 025

SSB 5640 - S AMD - 282

    By Senator Morton

                                               NOT ADOPTED 3/17/99

    On page 3, after line 23, insert the following:

    "Sec. 6.  RCW 29.62.090 and 1990 c 262 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:

 (1) Immediately after the official results of a state primary or general election in a county are ascertained, the county auditor or other election officer shall make an abstract of the number of registered voters in each precinct and of all the votes cast in the county at such state primary or general election for and against state measures and for each candidate for federal, state, and legislative office or for any other office which the secretary of state is required by law to canvass.  The abstract shall be entered on blanks furnished by the secretary of state or on compatible computer printouts approved by the secretary of state, and transmitted to the secretary of state no later than the next business day following the certification by the county canvassing board.

    (2) After each general election ((in an even-numbered year)), the county auditor or other election officer shall provide to the secretary of state a report of the number of absentee ballots cast in each precinct for and against state measures and for each candidate for federal, state, and legislative office or for any other office which the secretary of state is required by law to canvass.  The report may be included in the abstract required by this section or may be transmitted to the secretary of state separately, but in no event later than March 31 of the year following the election.  Absentee ballot results may be incorporated into votes cast at the polls for each precinct or may be reported separately on a precinct-by-precinct basis.

    (3) If absentee ballot results are not incorporated into votes cast at the polls, the county auditor or other election official may aggregate results from more than one precinct if the auditor, pursuant to rules adopted by the secretary of state, finds that reporting a single precinct's absentee ballot results would jeopardize the secrecy of a person's ballot.  To the extent practicable, precincts for which absentee results are aggregated shall be contiguous."

    Renumber the sections consecutively and correct any internal references accordingly.

SSB 5640 - S AMD - 282

    By Senator Morton

    On page 1, on line 1 of the title, after "RCW 29.62.020", insert "and 29.62.090"

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EFFECT: Requires county auditors to report absentee ballot results for each precinct after every general election.