5499-S AMS MULL KEYS 035

03/11/2005 ADOPTED

SSB 5499 - S AMD TO S AMD (KAST HESS 016)269

By Senator Mulliken

On page 8, after line 19, insert the following:

"NEW SECTION. Sec. 5 A new section is added to chapter 29A.36 RCW to read as follows:

All provisional ballots must be visually distinguishable from the other ballots and must be either:

(1) Printed on colored paper; or

(2) Imprinted with a bar code for the purpose of identifying the ballot as a provisional ballot. The bar code must not identify the voter.

Provisional ballots must be incapable of being tabulated by poll-site counting devices."

Renumber the sections consecutively and correct any internal references accordingly.

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EFFECT: (1) Requires that provisional ballots and related materials be visually distinguishable and either printed on colored paper or imprinted with a bar code;

(2) Requires that provisional ballots be incapable of being tabulated by poll-site counting devices; and

(3) Requires that the bar code not identify the voter.