EMERGENCY RULES
Purpose: To adopt rules, due to new legislation (SHB 1133).
Statutory Authority for Adoption: Chapter 29.10 RCW.
Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that immediate adoption, amendment, or repeal of a rule is necessary for the preservation of the public health, safety, or general welfare, and that observing the time requirements of notice and opportunity to comment upon adoption of a permanent rule would be contrary to the public interest.
Reasons for this Finding: The immediate adoption of WAC 434-324-032 is necessary to permit thirty-nine counties to remove voters from their voter registration lists, who have relocated to a new county and reregistered to vote.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0. Effective Date of Rule: Immediately.
December 22, 1999
Donald F. Whiting
Assistant Secretary of State
To detect persons registered to vote in more than one county. The Office of the Secretary of State will produce a list of registered voters with the same date of birth and similar names, who appear on two or more county voter registration lists.
(1) The Office of the Secretary of State will forward this list to each county auditor to facilitate cancellation of previous voters who have subsequently registered to vote in a different county.
(2) The county auditor who receives a list from the Office of the Secretary of State will forward a copy of the registration record and signature to the previous county, for verification prior to any cancellation.
(3) The county auditor of the county where the previous registration was made shall cancel the registration of the voter if it appears that the same person made the signature and registration provided by the voter's new county registration.
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