RCW 29A.60.300
Statewide survey of voted ballot rejection rates and reasons for rejections—Secretary of state to conduct and publish.
Every odd-numbered year, the secretary of state must conduct and publish a statewide survey of voted ballot rejection rates and the reasons for those rejections by county auditors and canvassing boards. The secretary of state must collect data from reconciliation reports and county auditors in order to compare county and statewide averages for rates of rejected ballots and reasons for those ballots being rejected. The data collected must include rejection rates and reasons for rejection of voted ballots for all elections. The survey must include an analysis of current practices by county auditors and canvassing boards in the acceptance and rejection of ballots, and include recommendations for improvements that minimize rejections in those practices, with a goal of statewide standardization where applicable. The results must also be analyzed and compared with available national data and recognized best practices. The secretary of state's recommendations and reports must be made available to the public.
[ 2016 c 134 § 3.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
29A.60.010 - Conduct of elections—Canvass.
29A.60.021 - Write-in voting—Declaration of candidacy—Counting of vote.
29A.60.040 - Rejection of ballots or parts—Write-in votes.
29A.60.050 - Questions on validity of ballot—Rejection—Preservation and return.
29A.60.060 - Results after close of voting.
29A.60.070 - Returns, precinct and cumulative—Delivery.
29A.60.090 - Voting systems—Maintenance of documents.
29A.60.095 - Electronic voting devices—Record maintenance.
29A.60.100 - Votes by stickers, printed labels, rejected.
29A.60.110 - Ballot containers, sealing, opening.
29A.60.120 - Counting ballots—Official returns.
29A.60.130 - Certificate not withheld for informality in returns.
29A.60.140 - Canvassing board—Membership—Authority—Delegation of authority—Rule making.
29A.60.150 - Procedure when member a candidate.
29A.60.160 - Ballots—Processing, canvassing.
29A.60.165 - Unsigned ballot declarations.
29A.60.180 - Credit for voting.
29A.60.185 - Audit of results.
29A.60.190 - Certification of election results.
29A.60.195 - Provisional ballots—Disposition.
29A.60.200 - Canvassing board—Canvassing procedure—Penalty.
29A.60.210 - Recanvass—Generally.
29A.60.221 - Tie in primary or final election.
29A.60.230 - Abstract by election officer—Transmittal to secretary of state.
29A.60.235 - Reconciliation reports.
29A.60.240 - Secretary of state—Primary returns—State offices, etc.
29A.60.250 - Secretary of state—Final returns—Scope.
29A.60.260 - Canvass on statewide measures.
29A.60.270 - Local officers, beginning of terms—Organization of district boards of directors.
29A.60.280 - Local elected officials, commencement of term of office—Purpose.