HB 1751 - DIGEST

Provides that an absentee ballot may be counted only if the ballot is delivered to the office of the county auditor, a poll site, or a county-designated place of deposit before the close of the polls on the day of the primary or election for which it was issued.

Requires the county auditor to notify, by first class mail, any voter casting an absentee ballot whose ballot was not counted because it was not returned within the time requirements as provided for an absentee ballot under RCW 29A.40.110. Such notice shall be made as soon as possible after the county certifies its election results, but in no case less than twenty days before the next primary or election.