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Washington Regulations § 434-261-075 Votes on something other than a ballot

⤴ Up to Chapter 434-261: Counting center procedures

Regulation Text

If the voter returns voting responses by mail on any form other than a ballot, the votes thereon shall be acceptable and tallied provided that:
(1) Only votes for offices or measures for which the voter is eligible are counted.
(2) The candidate or measure response position for which the voter is voting can be clearly identified.
(3) The ballot issued is not returned, or if returned, contains no marks indicating an attempt to vote it.
(4) A valid signature on a ballot declaration is received with the voting responses.
The votes accepted must then be duplicated to a ballot that can be read by the electronic voting equipment.
Votes on a ballot from a previous primary or election cannot be counted for another primary or election. These ballots must be rejected per WAC 434-262-031 .

History

Amended by WSR 16-13-063 , Filed 6/13/2016, effective 7/14/2016

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