Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 29A Elections - Chapter 29A.84 Crimes And Penalties
- 29A.84.010 Voting, registration irregularities
(1) A county auditor who suspects a person of fraudulent voter registration, vote tampering, or irregularities in voting shall transmit his or her suspicions and ...
- 29A.84.020 Violations by officers
Every officer who willfully violates RCW 29A.56.110 through 29A.56.270, for the violation of which no penalty is prescribed in this title or who willfully fails ...
- 29A.84.030 Penalty
A person who willfully violates any provision of this title regarding the conduct of mail ballot primaries or elections is guilty of a class C ...
- 29A.84.040 Political advertising, removing or defacing
A person who removes or defaces lawfully placed political advertising including yard signs or billboards without authorization is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable to the ...
- 29A.84.050 Tampering with registration form, absentee or provisional ballots
A person who knowingly destroys, alters, defaces, conceals, or discards a completed voter registration form or signed absentee or provisional ballot signature affidavit is guilty ...
- 29A.84.110 Officials' violations
If any county auditor or registration assistant: (1) Willfully neglects or refuses to perform any duty required by law in connection with the registration of ...
- 29A.84.120 Disenfranchisement or discrimination
An election officer or a person who intentionally disenfranchises an eligible citizen or discriminates against a person eligible to vote by denying voter registration is ...
- 29A.84.130 Voter violations
Any person who: (1) Knowingly provides false information on an application for voter registration under any provision of this title; (2) Knowingly makes or attests ...
- 29A.84.140 Unqualified registration
A person who knows that he or she does not possess the legal qualifications of a voter and who registers to vote is guilty of ...
- 29A.84.150 Misuse, alteration of registration database
Any state or local election officer, or a designee, who has access to any county or statewide voter registration database who knowingly uses or alters ...
- 29A.84.210 Violations by officers
Every officer who willfully violates any of the provisions of chapter 29A.72 RCW or RCW 29A.32.010 through *29A.32.120, for the violation of which no penalty ...
- 29A.84.220 Violations -- Corrupt practices
Every person is guilty of a gross misdemeanor, who: (1) For any consideration, compensation, gratuity, reward, or thing of value or promise thereof, signs or ...
- 29A.84.230 Violations by signers
(1) Every person who signs an initiative or referendum petition with any other than his or her true name is guilty of a class C ...
- 29A.84.240 Violations by signers, officers -- Penalty
(1) Every person who signs a recall petition with any other than his or her true name is guilty of a class B felony punishable ...
- 29A.84.250 Violations -- Corrupt practices
Every person is guilty of a gross misdemeanor who: (1) For any consideration or gratuity or promise thereof, signs or declines to sign any initiative ...
- 29A.84.261 Petitions--Improperly signing
The following apply to persons signing nominating petitions prescribed by *RCW 29A.24.101: (1) A person who signs a petition with any other than his or ...
- 29A.84.270 Duplication of names -- Conspiracy -- Criminal and civil liability
Any person who with intent to mislead or confuse the electors conspires with another person who has a surname similar to an incumbent seeking reelection ...
- 29A.84.280 Paid petition solicitors -- Finding
The legislature finds that paying a worker, whose task it is to secure the signatures of voters on initiative or referendum petitions, on the basis ...
- 29A.84.311 Candidacy declarations, nominating petitions
Every person who: (1) Knowingly provides false information on his or her declaration of candidacy or petition of nomination; or (2) Conceals or fraudulently defaces ...
- 29A.84.320 Duplicate, nonexistent, untrue names -- Penalty
A person is guilty of a class B felony punishable according to chapter 9A.20 RCW who files a declaration of candidacy for any public office ...
- 29A.84.410 Unlawful appropriation, printing, or distribution
Any person who is retained or employed by any officer authorized by the laws of this state to procure the printing of any official ballot ...
- 29A.84.420 Unauthorized examination of ballots, election materials -- Revealing information
(1) It is a gross misdemeanor for a person to examine, or assist another to examine, any voter record, ballot, or any other state or ...
- 29A.84.510 Acts prohibited in vicinity of polling place -- Prohibited practices as to ballots
(1) On the day of any primary or general or special election, no person may, within a polling place, or in any public area within ...
- 29A.84.520 Electioneering by election officers forbidden
Any election officer who does any electioneering on primary or election day, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction must be fined in any ...
- 29A.84.525 Electioneering by disability access voting election officer
A disability access voting election officer who does any electioneering during the voting period is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction must be fined ...
- 29A.84.530 Refusing to leave voting booth
Deliberately impeding other voters from casting their votes by refusing to leave a voting booth or voting device is a misdemeanor and is subject to ...
- 29A.84.540 Ballots -- Removing from polling place
Any person who, without lawful authority, removes a ballot from a polling place is guilty of a gross misdemeanor punishable to the same extent as ...
- 29A.84.545 Paper record from electronic voting device -- Removing from polling place
Anyone who, without authorization, removes from a polling place a paper record produced by an electronic voting device is guilty of a class C felony ...
- 29A.84.550 Tampering with materials
Any person who willfully defaces, removes, or destroys any of the supplies or materials that the person knows are intended both for use in a ...
- 29A.84.560 Voting machines, devices -- Tampering with -- Extra keys
Any person who tampers with or damages or attempts to damage any voting machine or device to be used or being used in a primary ...
- 29A.84.610 Deceptive, incorrect vote recording
A person is guilty of a gross misdemeanor who knowingly: (1) Deceives any voter in recording his or her vote by providing incorrect or misleading ...
- 29A.84.620 Hindering or bribing voter
Any person who uses menace, force, threat, or any unlawful means towards any voter to hinder or deter such a voter from voting, or directly ...
- 29A.84.630 Influencing voter to withhold vote
Any person who in any way, directly or indirectly, by menace or unlawful means, attempts to influence any person in refusing to give his or ...
- 29A.84.640 Solicitation of bribe by voter
Any person who solicits, requests, or demands, directly or indirectly, any reward or thing of value or the promise thereof in exchange for his or ...
- 29A.84.650 Repeaters
(1) Any person who intentionally votes or attempts to vote in this state more than once at any election, or who intentionally votes or attempts ...
- 29A.84.655 Repeaters -- Unqualified persons -- Officers conniving with
Any precinct election officer who knowingly permits any voter to cast a second vote at any primary or general or special election, or knowingly permits ...
- 29A.84.660 Unqualified persons voting
Any person who knows that he or she does not possess the legal qualifications of a voter and who votes at any primary or special ...
- 29A.84.670 Unlawful acts by voters -- Penalty (as amended by 2003 c 53)
(1) It ((shall be)) is unlawful for a voter to: (((1))) (a) Show his or her ballot after it is marked to any person in ...
- 29A.84.670 Unlawful acts by voters (as amended by 2003 c 111)
(1) It ((shall be)) is unlawful for a voter to: (((1))) (a) Show his or her ballot after it is marked to any person in ...
- 29A.84.680 Absentee ballots
(1) A person who willfully violates any provision of chapter 29A.40 RCW regarding the assertion or declaration of qualifications to receive or cast an absentee ...
- 29A.84.711 Documents regarding nomination, election, candidacy -- Frauds and falsehoods
Every person who: (1) Knowingly and falsely issues a certificate of nomination or election; or (2) Knowingly provides false information on a certificate which must ...
- 29A.84.720 Officers -- Violations generally
Every person charged with the performance of any duty under the provisions of any law of this state relating to elections, including primaries, or the ...
- 29A.84.730 Divulging ballot count
(1) In any location in which ballots are counted, no person authorized by law to be present while votes are being counted may divulge any ...
- 29A.84.740 Returns and posted copy of results -- Tampering with
It shall be a gross misdemeanor, punishable to the same extent as a gross misdemeanor that is punishable under RCW 9A.20.021, for any person to ...
Last modified: April 7, 2009