Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 29A Elections - Chapter 29A.32 Voters' Pamphlets

• 29A.32.010 Printing and distribution
  The secretary of state shall, whenever at least one statewide measure or office is scheduled to appear on the general election ballot, print and distribute ...
• 29A.32.020 Prohibition against deceptively similar campaign materials
  No person or entity may publish or distribute any campaign material that is deceptively similar in design or appearance to a voters' pamphlet that was ...
• 29A.32.031 Contents
  The voters' pamphlet must contain: (1) Information about each measure for an advisory vote of the people and each ballot measure initiated by or referred ...
• 29A.32.032 Party preference
  The voters' pamphlet must also contain the political party preference or independent status where a candidate appearing on the ballot has expressed such a preference ...
• 29A.32.036 Even year primary contents
  If the secretary of state prints and distributes a voters' pamphlet for a primary in an even-numbered year, it must contain: (1) A description of ...
• 29A.32.040 Explanatory statements
  (1) Explanatory statements prepared by the attorney general under RCW 29A.32.070 (3) and (4) must be written in clear and concise language, avoiding legal and ...
• 29A.32.050 Notice of constitutional amendments and state measures -- Explanatory statement
  The attorney general shall, by the first day of July preceding each general election, prepare the explanatory statements required in RCW 29A.52.340. Such statements shall ...
• 29A.32.060 Arguments
  Committees shall write and submit arguments advocating the approval or rejection of each statewide ballot issue and rebuttals of those arguments. The secretary of state, ...
• 29A.32.070 Format, layout, contents
  The secretary of state shall determine the format and layout of the voters' pamphlet. The secretary of state shall print the pamphlet in clear, readable ...
• 29A.32.080 Amendatory style
  Statewide ballot measures that amend existing law must be printed in the voters' pamphlet so that language proposed for deletion is enclosed by double parentheses ...
• 29A.32.090 Arguments -- Rejection, dispute
  (1) If in the opinion of the secretary of state any argument or statement offered for inclusion in the voters' pamphlet in support of or ...
• 29A.32.100 Arguments -- Public inspection
  (1) An argument or statement submitted to the secretary of state for publication in the voters' pamphlet is not available for public inspection or copying ...
• 29A.32.110 Photographs
  All photographs of candidates submitted for publication must conform to standards established by the secretary of state by rule. No photograph may reveal clothing or ...
• 29A.32.121 Candidates' statements--Length
  (1) The maximum number of words for statements submitted by candidates is as follows: State representative, one hundred words; state senator, judge of the superior ...
• 29A.32.210 Authorization -- Contents -- Format
  At least ninety days before any primary or general election, or at least forty days before any special election held under RCW *29A.04.320 or 29A.04.330, ...
• 29A.32.220 Notice of production -- Local governments' decision to participate
  (1) Not later than ninety days before the publication and distribution of a local voters' pamphlet by a county, the county auditor shall notify each ...
• 29A.32.230 Administrative rules
  The county auditor or, if applicable, the city clerk of a first-class or code city shall, in consultation with the participating jurisdictions, adopt and publish ...
• 29A.32.241 Contents
  The local voters' pamphlet shall include but not be limited to the following: (1) Appearing on the cover, the words "official local voters' pamphlet," the ...
• 29A.32.250 Candidates, when included
  If the legislative authority of a county or first-class or code city provides for the inclusion of candidates in the local voters' pamphlet, the pamphlet ...
• 29A.32.260 Mailing
  As soon as practicable before the primary, special election, or general election, the county auditor, or if applicable, the city clerk of a first-class or ...
• 29A.32.270 Cost
  The cost of a local voters' pamphlet shall be considered an election cost to those local jurisdictions included in the pamphlet and shall be prorated ...
• 29A.32.280 Arguments advocating approval or disapproval -- Preparation by committees
  For each measure from a unit of local government that is included in a local voters' pamphlet, the legislative authority of that jurisdiction shall, not ...

Last modified: April 7, 2009