Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 29A Elections - Chapter 29A.44 Polling Place Elections And Poll Workers

• 29A.44.010 Interference with voter prohibited
  No person may interfere with a voter in any way within the polling place. This does not prevent the voter from receiving assistance in preparing ...
• 29A.44.020 List of who has and who has not voted
  At any election, general or special, or at any primary, any political party or committee may designate a person other than a precinct election officer, ...
• 29A.44.030 Taking papers into voting booth
  Any voter may take into the voting booth or voting device any printed or written material to assist in casting his or her vote. The ...
• 29A.44.040 Official ballots -- Vote only once -- Incorrectly marked ballots
  No ballots may be used in any polling place or disability access voting location other than those prepared by the county auditor. No voter is ...
• 29A.44.045 Electronic voting devices -- Paper records
  Paper records produced by electronic voting devices are subject to all the requirements of this chapter and chapter 29A.60 RCW for ballot handling, preservation, reconciliation, ...
• 29A.44.050 Ballot pick up, delivery, and transportation
  (1) At the direction of the county auditor, a team or teams composed of a representative of at least two major political parties shall stop ...
• 29A.44.060 Voting booths
  The county auditor shall provide in each polling place a sufficient number of voting booths or voting devices along with any supplies necessary to enable ...
• 29A.44.070 Opening and closing polls
  At all primaries and elections, general or special, in all counties the polls must be kept open from seven o'clock a.m. to eight o'clock p.m. ...
• 29A.44.080 Polls open continuously -- Announcement of closing
  The polls for a precinct shall remain open continuously until the time specified under RCW 29A.44.070. At that time, the precinct election officers shall announce ...
• 29A.44.090 Double voting prohibited
  A registered voter shall not be allowed to vote in the precinct in which he or she is registered at any election or primary for ...
• 29A.44.110 Delivery of supplies
  No later than the day before a primary or election, the county auditor shall provide to the inspector or one of the judges of each ...
• 29A.44.120 Delivery of precinct lists to polls
  Upon closing of the registration files preceding an election, the county auditor shall deliver the precinct lists of registered voters to the inspector or one ...
• 29A.44.130 Additional supplies for paper ballots
  In precincts where votes are cast on paper ballots, the following supplies, in addition to those specified in RCW 29A.44.110, must be provided: (1) Two ...
• 29A.44.140 Voting and registration instructions and information
  (1) Each county auditor shall provide voting and registration instructions, printed in large type, to be conspicuously displayed at each polling place and permanent registration ...
• 29A.44.150 Time for arrival of officers
  The precinct election officers for each precinct shall meet at the designated polling place at the time set by the county auditor.[2003 c 111 § ...
• 29A.44.160 Inspection of voting equipment
  Before opening the polls for a precinct, the voting equipment shall be inspected to determine if it has been properly prepared for voting. If the ...
• 29A.44.170 Flag
  At all primaries and elections the flag of the United States shall be conspicuously displayed in front of each polling place.[2003 c 111 § 1116. ...
• 29A.44.180 Opening the polls
  The precinct election officers, immediately before they start to issue ballots or permit a voter to vote, shall announce at the place of voting that ...
• 29A.44.190 Voting devices -- Periodic examination
  The precinct election officers shall periodically examine the voting devices to determine if they have been tampered with.[2003 c 111 § 1118. Prior: 1990 c ...
• 29A.44.201 Issuing ballot to voter--Challenge
  A voter desiring to vote shall give his or her name to the precinct election officer who has the precinct list of registered voters. This ...
• 29A.44.205 Identification required
  Any person desiring to vote at any primary or election is required to provide identification to the election officer before signing the poll book. The ...
• 29A.44.207 Provisional ballots
  Provisional ballots must be issued, along with a provisional ballot outer envelope and a security envelope, to voters as appropriate under RCW 29A.04.008. The provisional ...
• 29A.44.210 Signature required -- Procedure if voter unable to sign name
  Any person desiring to vote at any primary or election is required to sign his or her name on the appropriate precinct list of registered ...
• 29A.44.221 Casting vote
  On signing the precinct list of registered voters or being issued a ballot, the voter shall, without leaving the polling place or disability access location, ...
• 29A.44.225 Voter using electronic voting device
  A voter voting on an electronic voting device may not leave the device during the voting process, except to request assistance from the precinct election ...
• 29A.44.231 Record of participation
  As each voter casts his or her vote, the precinct election officers shall insert in the poll books or precinct list of registered voters opposite ...
• 29A.44.240 Disabled voters
  (1) Voting shall be secret except to the extent necessary to assist sensory or physically disabled voters. (2) If any voter declares in the presence ...
• 29A.44.250 Tabulation of paper ballots before close of polls
  (1) Paper ballots may be tabulated at the precinct polling place before the closing of the polls. The tabulation of ballots, paper or otherwise, shall ...
• 29A.44.260 Voters in polling place at closing time
  If at the time of closing the polls, there are any voters in the polling place who have not voted, they shall be allowed to ...
• 29A.44.265 Provisional ballot after polls close
  (1) An individual who votes in an election for federal office as a result of a federal or state court order or any other order ...
• 29A.44.270 Unused ballots
  At each precinct immediately after the last qualified voter has cast his or her vote, the precinct election officers shall render unusable and secure in ...
• 29A.44.280 Duties of election officers after unused ballots secure
  Immediately after the unused ballots are secure, the precinct election officers shall count the number of voted ballots and make a record of any discrepancy ...
• 29A.44.290 Return of precinct lists after election -- Public records
  The precinct list of registered voters for each precinct or group of precincts delivered to the precinct election officers for use on the day of ...
• 29A.44.310 Initialization
  In precincts where poll-site ballot counting devices are used the election officers, before initializing the device for voting, shall proceed as follows: (1) They shall ...
• 29A.44.320 Delivery and sealing
  Whenever poll-site ballot counting devices are used, the devices may either be included with the supplies required in RCW 29A.44.110 or they may be delivered ...
• 29A.44.330 Memory packs
  The programmed memory pack for each poll-site ballot counting device must be sealed into the device during final preparation and logic and accuracy testing. Except ...
• 29A.44.340 Incorrectly marked ballots
  Each poll-site ballot counting device must be programmed to return all blank ballots and overvoted ballots to the voter for private reexamination. The election officer ...
• 29A.44.350 Failure of device
  If a poll-site ballot counting device fails to operate at any time during polling hours or disability access voting hours, voting must continue, and the ...
• 29A.44.410 Appointment of judges and inspector
  (1) At least ten days prior to any primary or election, general or special, the county auditor shall appoint one inspector and two judges of ...
• 29A.44.420 Appointment of clerks -- Party representation -- Hour to report
  At the same time the officer having jurisdiction of the election appoints the inspector and two judges as provided in RCW 29A.44.410, he or she ...
• 29A.44.430 Nomination
  The precinct committee officer of each major political party shall certify to the officer's county chair a list of those persons belonging to the officer's ...
• 29A.44.440 Vacancies -- How filled -- Inspector's authority
  If no election officers have been appointed for a precinct, or if at the hour for opening the polls none of those appointed is present ...
• 29A.44.450 One set of precinct election officers, exceptions -- Counting board -- Receiving board
  There shall be but one set of election officers at any one time in each precinct except as provided in this section. In every precinct ...
• 29A.44.460 Duties -- Generally
  The inspector and judges of election in each precinct shall conduct the elections therein and receive, deposit, and count the ballots cast thereat and make ...
• 29A.44.470 Application to other primaries or elections
  All of the provisions of RCW 29A.44.450 and 29A.44.460 relating to counting boards may be applied on an optional basis to any other primary or ...
• 29A.44.480 Inspector as chair -- Authority
  The inspector shall be the chair of the board and after its organization administer all necessary oaths that may be required in the progress of ...
• 29A.44.490 Oaths of officers required
  The inspector, judges, and clerks of election, before entering upon the duties of their offices, shall take and subscribe the prescribed oath or affirmation which ...
• 29A.44.500 Oath of inspectors, form
  The following shall be the form of the oath or affirmation to be taken by each inspector: "I, A B, do swear (or affirm) that ...
• 29A.44.510 Oath of judges, form
  The following shall be the oath or affirmation of each judge: "We, A B, do swear (or affirm) that we will as judges duly attend ...
• 29A.44.520 Oath of clerks, form
  The following shall be the form of the oath to be taken by the clerks: "We, and each of us, A B, do swear (or ...
• 29A.44.530 Compensation
  The fees of officers of election shall be as follows: To the judges and clerks of an election not less than the minimum hourly wage ...

Last modified: April 7, 2009