CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SENATE BILL 5564



59th Legislature
2005 Regular Session

Passed by the Senate March 4, 2005
  YEAS 38   NAYS 10


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President of the Senate
Passed by the House April 13, 2005
  YEAS 96   NAYS 0


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Speaker of the House of Representatives


CERTIFICATE

I, Thomas Hoemann, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 5564 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.


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Secretary
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Governor of the State of Washington
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Secretary of State
State of Washington


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SENATE BILL 5564
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Passed Legislature - 2005 Regular Session
State of Washington59th Legislature2005 Regular Session

By Senators Schmidt, Kastama, Weinstein, Roach, Shin, Rockefeller, Oke and Kohl-Welles

Read first time 01/28/2005.   Referred to Committee on Government Operations & Elections.



     AN ACT Relating to a manual of election laws and rules; and adding a new section to chapter 29A.04 RCW.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   A new section is added to chapter 29A.04 RCW to read as follows:
     The secretary of state shall prepare a manual that explains all election laws and rules in easy-to-understand, plain language for use during the vote counting, recounting, tabulation, and canvassing process. The secretary of state shall print and distribute sufficient copies of the manual so that it is available for use in all vote-counting centers throughout the state. The secretary of state may also make the manual available in electronic form.

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