5561 AMH CHAB KERR 093

SB 5561 - H AMD TO H AMD (5561 AMH GREE KERR 085) 674

By Representative Chandler

   On page 6, after line 33 of the amendment, insert the following:

   "NEW SECTION. Sec. 5. RCW 29A.60.190 and 2005 c 243 s 16 are each amended to read as follows:

   (1) Except as provided by subsection (3) of this section, ((fifteen)) thirty days after a primary or special election and ((twenty-one)) thirty-five days after a general election, the county canvassing board shall complete the canvass and certify the results. Each absentee ballot that was returned before the closing of the polls on the date of the primary or election for which it was issued, and each absentee ballot bearing a postmark on or before the date of the primary or election and received on or before the date on which the primary or election is certified, must be included in the canvass report.

   (2) At the request of a caucus of the state legislature, the county auditor shall transmit copies of all unofficial returns of state and legislative primaries or elections prepared by or for the county canvassing board to either the secretary of the senate or the chief clerk of the house of representatives.

   (3) On or before the ((thirtieth)) thirty-fifth day after an election conducted under the instant runoff voting method for the pilot project authorized by RCW 29A.53.020, the canvassing board shall complete the canvass and certify the results.

   NEW SECTION. Sec. 6. RCW 29A.60.190 and 2005 c 243 s 17 are each amended to read as follows:

   (1) Except as provided by subsection (3) of this section, ((fifteen)) thirty days after a primary or special election and ((twenty-one)) thirty-five days after a general election, the county canvassing board shall complete the canvass and certify the results. Each absentee ballot that was returned before the closing of the polls on the date of the primary or election for which it was issued, and each absentee ballot bearing a postmark on or before the date of the primary or election and received on or before the date on which the primary or election is certified, must be included in the canvass report.

   (2) At the request of a caucus of the state legislature, the county auditor shall transmit copies of all unofficial returns of state and legislative primaries or elections prepared by or for the county canvassing board to either the secretary of the senate or the chief clerk of the house of representatives.

   NEW SECTION. Sec. 7. Section 5 of this act expires July 1, 2013."

   Renumber remaining sections accordingly.

EFFECT: Moves the date for certification of an election from fifteen days after primary or special election to thirty days and from twenty-one days after a general election to thirty-five days.