1648 AAS 4/16/93
HB 1648 - S Amd
BySenator Barr
ADOPTED 4/16/93
On page 2, after line 21, insert the following:
"Sec. 3. RCW 29.13.047 and 1985 c 45 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) Whenever state officers or measures are voted upon at a state primary or general election held in an odd-numbered year under RCW 29.13.010, the state of Washington shall assume a prorated share of the costs of that state primary or general election.
(2) Whenever a primary or vacancy election is held to fill a vacancy in the position of United States senator or United States representative under chapter 29.68 RCW, the state of Washington shall assume a prorated share of the costs of that primary or vacancy election.
(3) Whenever a presidential preference primary election is held under chapter 29.19 RCW, the state of Washington shall assume all costs of holding the election if it is held alone. If any other election or elections are held at the same time, the state is liable only for its prorated share.
(4) The county auditor shall apportion the state's share of these expenses when prorating election costs under RCW 29.13.045 and shall file such expense claims with the secretary of state.
(((4))) (5)
The secretary of state shall include in his or her biennial budget requests
sufficient funds to carry out this section. Reimbursements for election costs
shall be from appropriations specifically provided by law for that purpose.
Sec. 4. RCW 29.19.050 and 1989 c 4 s 5 are each amended to read as follows:
Insofar as is practicable, and where the provisions of this chapter do not specifically indicate otherwise, the presidential preference primary shall be conducted in the same manner as a state partisan primary, including the certification of the election returns by the secretary of state. The requirement of rotation of names on the ballot does not apply to the candidates listed on the presidential preference primary ballot. County auditors may combine and consolidate two or more precincts for the purpose of conducting the presidential preference primary only if precinct vote totals for the primary can still be made available and the consolidation does not require a voter to go to a location different from that of the last regular election.
Each person desiring to
vote in the presidential preference primary shall ((receive a ballot request
form on which the voter shall sign his or her name and address and declare))
orally request the ballot for the party primary in which he or she
wishes to participate. No record may be made of which party's ballot a
voter receives and no voter may receive more than one ballot.
((The secretary
shall prescribe rules for providing each party central committee a list of the
voters who participated in the presidential primary of that party.
The signed ballot
request forms shall be maintained in the centralized containers by the county
auditor for a period of time as specified by rule of the secretary of state,
after which time they shall be destroyed, unless otherwise directed by federal
law.))
At a presidential preference primary, a voter may cast no more than one vote on a ballot. Any presidential preference primary ballot with more than one vote is void, and notice to this effect, couched in clear, simple language, and printed in large type, shall appear on the face of each presidential preference primary ballot. Where voting machines or electronic voting devices are in use, the notice shall be displayed on or about each machine or device."
HB 1648 - S Amd
BySenator Barr
ADOPTED 4/16/93
On page 1, line 1 of the title, after "29.07.160" insert ", 29.13.047, and 29.19.050"
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