FAILED 4/14/2005

0502

5743-S.E AMH .... MORI 054

ESSB 5743 - H AMD TO H AMD (5743-S.E AMH HUNS REIL 137)

By Representative ____________

   On page 16, after line 19 of the striking amendment, insert:

   "Sec. 20. RCW 29A.08.830 and 2003 c 111 s 255 are each amended to read as follows:

   (1) Any registered voter may request that the registration of another voter be canceled if he or she believes that the voter does not meet the requirements of Article VI, section 1 of the state Constitution or that voter no longer maintains a legal voting residence at the address shown on his or her registration record. The challenger shall file with the county auditor a signed affidavit subject to the penalties of perjury, to the effect that to his or her personal knowledge and belief another registered voter does not actually reside at the address as given on his or her registration record, the address given on the registration record of the voter in question cannot possibly be a legal residence, or the voter in question is otherwise not a qualified voter and that the voter in question is not protected by the provisions of Article VI, section 4, of the Constitution of the state of Washington. ((The person filing the challenge must furnish the address at which the challenged voter actually resides.))

   (2) Any such challenge of a voter's registration and right to vote made less than thirty days before a primary or election, special or general, shall be administered under RCW 29A.08.820. The county auditor shall notify the challenged voter and the precinct election officers in the voter's precinct that a challenge has been filed, provide the name of the challenger, and instruct both the precinct election officers and the voter that, in the event the challenged voter desires to vote at the ensuing primary or election, a challenged ballot will be provided. The voter shall also be informed that the status of his or her registration and the disposition of any challenged ballot will be determined by the county canvassing board in the manner provided by RCW 29A.08.820. If the challenged voter does not vote at the ensuing primary or election, the challenge shall be processed in the same manner as challenges made more than thirty days prior to the primary or election under RCW 29A.08.840."

   Renumber the remaining sections consecutively and correct internal references accordingly.

EFFECT: Allows a challenge to a voter's registration to be initiated if the person challenging the registration files an affidavit to the effect that the address given on the registration record of the voter in question cannot possibly be a legal residence. Removes the requirement that the person filing the challenge must furnish the address at which the challenged voter actually resides.