HB 1094-S - DIGEST

(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)

Provides that the county auditor may designate the entire county as a mail ballot county. The county auditor shall notify each registered voter by mail that for all future primaries and elections the voting will be by mail ballot only. If the auditor determines to return to a polling place election environment, the auditor shall notify each registered voter, by mail, of this and shall provide the address of the polling place to be used.

Provides that, except as otherwise provided by law, mail ballots must be processed in the same manner as absentee ballots.

Provides that, except where a recount or litigation under RCW 29.04.030 is pending, the county auditor shall have sufficient mail ballots ready to mail to voters of that county at least twenty days before a primary, general election, or special election.