5405-S AMS HORN S4798.1
SSB 5405 - S AMD - 116
By Senators Horn, West and Benton
Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:
"Sec. 1. RCW 29.30.025 and 1990 c 59 s 80 are each amended to read as follows:
After
the close of business on the last day for candidates to file for office, the
filing officer shall, from among those filings made in person and by mail,
determine by lot the order in which the names of those candidates will appear
on all primary, sample, and absentee ballots. ((In the case
of candidates for city, town, and district office, this procedure shall also
determine the order for candidate names on the official primary ballot used at
the polling place.)) The determination shall be done publicly and may be
witnessed by the media and by any candidate. If no primary is required for any
nonpartisan office under RCW 29.15.150 or 29.21.015, the names shall appear on
the general election ballot in the order determined by lot.
Sec. 2. RCW 29.30.081 and 1990 c 59 s 13 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) On the top of each ballot there shall be printed instructions directing the voters how to mark the ballot, including write-in votes. After the instructions and before the offices shall be placed the questions of adopting constitutional amendments or any other state measure authorized by law to be submitted to the voters at that election.
(2)
((The candidate or candidates of the major political party which received
the highest number of votes from the electors of this state for the office of
president of the United States at the last presidential election shall appear
first following the appropriate office heading, the candidate or candidates of
the other major political parties shall follow according to the votes cast for
their nominees for president at the last presidential election, and)) On
the ballot at the general election for a partisan office for which a primary
was held, the name of the candidate who received the greatest number of votes
in the primary shall appear first following the appropriate office heading.
The names of the candidates of the other major political parties shall follow
in the order of votes each candidate received in the primary. Independent
candidates and the candidate or candidates of all other parties shall follow in
the order of their qualification with the secretary of state.
(3) On the ballot at the general election for any partisan office for which no primary was held, the names of the candidates shall be listed in the order determined under RCW 29.30.025.
(4) The names of candidates for president and vice-president for each political party shall be grouped together with a single response position for a voter to indicate his or her choice.
(((4)))
(5) All paper ballots and ballot cards shall be sequentially numbered in
such a way to permit removal of such numbers without leaving any identifying
marks on the ballot.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. RCW 29.30.040 (Primaries--Rotating names of candidates) and 1990 c 59 s 94, 1977 ex.s. c 361 s 54, & 1965 c 9 s 29.30.040 are each repealed."
SSB 5405 - S AMD - 116
By Senators Horn, West and Benton
On page 1, line 1 of the title, after "Relating to" strike the remainder of the title and insert "the order of candidates' names on ballots; amending RCW 29.30.025 and 29.30.081; and repealing RCW 29.30.040."
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