BILL REQ. #:  H-4198.1 

Read first time 01/15/08.   Referred to Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs.

     AN ACT Relating to invalidation of ballots; and amending RCW 29A.60.040.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 29A.60.040 and 2003 c 111 s 1504 are each amended to read as follows:
     A ballot is invalid and no votes on that ballot may be counted if it is found folded together with another ballot ((or it is marked so as to identify the voter)).
     Those parts of a ballot are invalid and no votes may be counted for those issues or offices where more votes are cast for the office or issue than are permitted by law; write-in votes do not contain all of the information required under RCW ((29A.60.020)) 29A.60.021; or that issue or office is not marked with sufficient definiteness to determine the voter's choice or intention. No write-in vote may be rejected due to a variation in the form of the name if the election board or the canvassing board can determine the issue for or against which or the person and the office for which the voter intended to vote.