CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

HOUSE BILL 1528

Chapter 157, Laws of 2007

60th Legislature
2007 Regular Session



ELECTRONIC VOTER REGISTRATION



EFFECTIVE DATE: 01/01/08

Passed by the House February 28, 2007
  Yeas 91   Nays 6

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


Passed by the Senate April 9, 2007
  Yeas 30   Nays 17


BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate		 
CERTIFICATE

I, Richard Nafziger, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 1528 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.


RICHARD NAFZIGER
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Chief Clerk
Approved April 21, 2007, 10:12 a.m.








CHRISTINE GREGOIRE
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Governor of the State of Washington		 
FILED
April 23, 2007







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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HOUSE BILL 1528
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Passed Legislature - 2007 Regular Session
State of Washington60th Legislature2007 Regular Session

By Representatives Hunt, Chandler, Green, Kretz, Ormsby, Armstrong, Miloscia, Appleton, Kenney, Goodman and Moeller; by request of Secretary of State

Read first time 01/22/2007.   Referred to Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs.



     AN ACT Relating to electronic voter registration; adding a new section to chapter 29A.08 RCW; and providing an effective date.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   A new section is added to chapter 29A.08 RCW to read as follows:
     (1) A person who has a valid Washington state driver's license or state identification card may submit a voter registration application electronically on the secretary of state's web site.
     (2) The applicant must attest to the truth of the information provided on the application by affirmatively accepting the information as true.
     (3) The applicant must affirmatively assent to use of his or her driver's license or state identification card signature for voter registration purposes.
     (4) A voter registration application submitted electronically is otherwise considered a registration by mail.
     (5) For each electronic application, the secretary of state must obtain a digital copy of the applicant's driver's license or state identification card signature from the department of licensing.
     (6) The secretary of state may employ additional security measures to ensure the accuracy and integrity of voter registration applications submitted electronically.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   This act takes effect January 1, 2008.


         Passed by the House February 28, 2007.
         Passed by the Senate April 9, 2007.
         Approved by the Governor April 21, 2007.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 23, 2007.