HB 1785 - DIGEST |
Requires the secretary of state to: (1) In conjunction with the Washington state association of county auditors, develop a uniform ballot format to be used by each county; |
(2) In consultation with the department of enterprise services and with county auditors, develop a master contract for vote tallying equipment for purchase by counties; |
(3) In consultation with county auditors: (a) Establish voter registration standards by which county election officials must manage new and existing voter registrations; and (b) develop and publish mandatory voting system maintenance and replacement standards. |
(4) Convene and facilitate a work group to review voter registration practices; and |
(5) Conduct a comprehensive survey of voting systems in use in each county. |
Requires a county auditor or county council to establish an equipment replacement fund that must be used explicitly to replace vote tallying equipment. |
Requires the county auditors to: (1) Ensure that a minimum of one permanent ballot drop box is available for every fifteen thousand county residents; and |
(2) Determine the location of each ballot drop box. |
Requires a county to be in full compliance with the voting system maintenance and replacement standards published by the secretary of state. |