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                                                   HOUSE BILL NO. 1226

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State of Washington                               51st Legislature                              1989 Regular Session

By Representatives R. Fisher, McLean, Anderson and Miller; by request of Secretary of State

Read first time 1/18/89 and referred to Committee on State Government.

AN ACT Relating to presidential elections; amending RCW 29.71.020; and adding a new section to chapter 29.71 RCW.

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

        Sec. 1.  Section 29.71.020, chapter 9, Laws of 1965 as amended by section 1, chapter 238, Laws of 1977 ex. sess. and RCW 29.71.020 are each amended to read as follows:

          In the years in which presidential elections are held, each political party nominating candidates for president and vice president of the United States shall ((nominate their)) select presidential electors ((for this state)) and shall file with the secretary of state ((certificates of nomination for such candidates at the time and in the manner and number provided by law)) a list of the persons so selected.  The list must include the name and mailing address of each person selected and shall be certified by the chairperson of the major political party or the presiding officer of the minor party or independent candidate nominating convention.  The chairperson or presiding officer shall file the list with the secretary of state not later than ten days after the adjournment of the convention at which the presidential candidate was nominated.  Minor political parties and independent candidate nominating conventions shall select their presidential electors in accordance with party or convention rules.  Each political party shall require from each candidate for elector a pledge that as an elector he or she will vote for the candidates nominated by that party.  The secretary of state shall certify to the county auditors the names of the candidates for president and vice president ((of the several political parties)), which shall be printed on the ballot.  The names of candidates for electors of president and vice president shall not be printed upon the ballots.  The votes cast for candidates for president and vice president of each political party shall be counted for the candidates for presidential electors of such political party, whose names have been filed with the secretary of state.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  A new section is added to chapter 29.71 RCW to read as follows:

          Not later than ten days after the adjournment of a major party convention at which candidates for the office of president and vice president are nominated, the presiding officer of the convention shall certify to the secretary of state the name of each candidate nominated, as it is to appear on the ballot, and the address of each candidate.  The secretary of the convention shall attest to the certification.