5499-S AMS BENT GORR 008

03/10/2005 PULLED

SSB 5499 - S AMD TO S AMD (KAST HESS 012)107

By Senator Benton

On page 6, after line 38, insert the following:

"Sec. 4. 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 or 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 sections consecutively and correct any internal references accordingly.

SSB 5499 - S AMD TO S AMD (KAST HESS 012)

By Senator Benton

On page 20, on line 21 of the title after "29A.04.611", insert "29A.08.830"

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EFFECT: Eliminates requirement that person challenging a voter's registration provide the address at which the challenged voter actually resides.