Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 29A Elections - Chapter 29A.56 Special Circumstances Elections

• 29A.56.010 Intent
  The people of the state of Washington declare that: (1) The current presidential nominating caucus system in Washington state is unnecessarily restrictive of voter participation ...
• 29A.56.020 Date
  (1) On the fourth Tuesday in May of each year in which a president of the United States is to be nominated and elected, a ...
• 29A.56.030 Ballot -- Names included
  The name of any candidate for a major political party nomination for president of the United States shall be printed on the presidential preference primary ...
• 29A.56.040 Procedures -- Ballot form and arrangement
  (1) Except where necessary to accommodate the national or state rules of a major political party or where this chapter specifically provides otherwise, the presidential ...
• 29A.56.050 Allocation of delegates -- Party declarations
  (1) A major political party may, under national or state party rules, base the allocation of delegates from this state to the national nominating convention ...
• 29A.56.060 Costs
  Subject to available funds specifically appropriated for this purpose, whenever a presidential primary is held as provided by this chapter, the state of Washington shall ...
• 29A.56.110 Initiating proceedings -- Statement -- Contents -- Verification -- Definitions
  Whenever any legal voter of the state or of any political subdivision thereof, either individually or on behalf of an organization, desires to demand the ...
• 29A.56.120 Petition -- Where filed
  Any person making a charge shall file it with the elections officer whose duty it is to receive and file a declaration of candidacy for ...
• 29A.56.130 Ballot synopsis
  (1) Within fifteen days after receiving a charge, the officer specified below shall formulate a ballot synopsis of the charge of not more than two ...
• 29A.56.140 Determination by superior court -- Correction of ballot synopsis
  Within fifteen days after receiving the petition, the superior court shall have conducted a hearing on and shall have determined, without cost to any party, ...
• 29A.56.150 Filing supporting signatures -- Time limitations
  (1) The sponsors of a recall demanded of any public officer shall stop circulation of and file all petitions with the appropriate elections officer not ...
• 29A.56.160 Petition -- Form
  Recall petitions must be printed on single sheets of paper of good writing quality (including but not limited to newsprint) not less than eleven inches ...
• 29A.56.170 Petition -- Size
  Each recall petition at the time of circulating, signing, and filing with the officer with whom it is to be filed, must consist of not ...
• 29A.56.180 Number of signatures required
  When the person, committee, or organization demanding the recall of a public officer has secured sufficient signatures upon the recall petition the person, committee, or ...
• 29A.56.190 Canvassing signatures -- Time of -- Notice
  Upon the filing of a recall petition, the officer with whom the charge was filed shall stamp on each petition the date of filing, and ...
• 29A.56.200 Verification and canvass of signatures -- Procedure -- Statistical sampling
  (1) Upon the filing of a recall petition, the elections officer shall proceed to verify and canvass the names of legal voters on the petition. ...
• 29A.56.210 Fixing date for recall election -- Notice
  If, at the conclusion of the verification and canvass, it is found that a petition for recall bears the required number of signatures of certified ...
• 29A.56.220 Response to petition charges
  When a date for a special recall election is set the certifying officer shall serve a notice of the date of the election to the ...
• 29A.56.230 Destruction of insufficient recall petition
  If it is found that the recall petition does not contain the requisite number of signatures of certified legal voters, the officer shall so notify ...
• 29A.56.240 Fraudulent names -- Record of
  The officer making the canvass of a recall petition shall keep a record of all names appearing on it that are not certified to be ...
• 29A.56.250 Conduct of election -- Contents of ballot
  The special election for the recall of an officer shall be conducted in the same manner as a special election for that jurisdiction. The county ...
• 29A.56.260 Ascertaining the result -- When recall effective
  The votes on a recall election must be counted, canvassed, and the results certified in the manner provided by law for counting, canvassing, and certifying ...
• 29A.56.270 Enforcement provisions -- Mandamus -- Appellate review
  The superior court of the county in which the officer subject to recall resides has original jurisdiction to compel the performance of any act required ...
• 29A.56.310 Date of election -- Number
  On the Tuesday after the first Monday of November in the year in which a president of the United States is to be elected, there ...
• 29A.56.320 Nomination -- Pledge by electors -- What names on ballots -- How counted
  In the year in which a presidential election is held, each major political party and each minor political party or independent candidate convention held under ...
• 29A.56.330 Counting and canvassing the returns
  The votes for candidates for president and vice president must be canvassed under chapter 29A.60 RCW. The secretary of state shall prepare three lists of ...
• 29A.56.340 Meeting -- Time -- Procedure -- Voting for nominee of other party, penalty
  The electors of the president and vice president shall convene at the seat of government on the day fixed by federal statute, at the hour ...
• 29A.56.350 Compensation
  Every presidential elector who attends at the time and place appointed, and gives his or her vote for president and vice president, is entitled to ...
• 29A.56.360 Slate of presidential electors
  In a year in which the president and vice president of the United States are to be elected, the secretary of state shall include in ...
• 29A.56.410 Governor's proclamation calling convention -- When
  Within thirty days after the state is officially notified that the Congress of the United States has submitted to the several states a proposed amendment ...
• 29A.56.420 Governor's proclamation calling convention -- Publication
  The proclamation shall be published once each week for two successive weeks in one newspaper published and of general circulation in each of the congressional ...
• 29A.56.430 Election of convention delegates -- Date
  The date for holding the election of delegates must be not less than one month nor more than six weeks before the date of holding ...
• 29A.56.440 Time and place for convention
  The convention shall be held not less than five nor more than eight months from the date of the first publication of the proclamation provided ...
• 29A.56.450 Delegates -- Number and qualifications
  Each state representative district shall be entitled to as many delegates in the convention as it has members in the house of representatives of the ...
• 29A.56.460 Delegates -- Declarations of candidacy
  Anyone desiring to file as a candidate for election as a delegate to the convention shall, not less than thirty nor more than sixty days ...
• 29A.56.470 Election of delegates -- Administration
  The election of delegates to the convention must as far as practicable, be administered, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, in the same manner ...
• 29A.56.480 Election of delegates -- Ballots
  The issue shall be identified as, "Delegates to a convention for ratification or rejection of a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution, relating . ...
• 29A.56.490 Election of delegates -- Ascertaining result
  The election officials shall count and determine the number of votes cast for each individual; and shall also count and determine the aggregate number of ...
• 29A.56.500 Meeting -- Organization
  The convention shall meet at the time and place fixed in the governor's proclamation. The secretary of state shall call it to order, who shall ...
• 29A.56.510 Quorum -- Proceedings -- Record
  Two-thirds of the elected members of said convention shall constitute a quorum to do business, and a majority of those elected shall be sufficient to ...
• 29A.56.520 Certification and transmittal of result
  The vote of each member shall be recorded in the journal of the convention, which shall be preserved by the secretary of state as a ...
• 29A.56.530 Expenses -- How paid -- Delegates receive filing fee
  The delegates attending the convention shall be paid the amount of their filing fee, upon vouchers approved by the president and secretary of the convention ...
• 29A.56.540 Federal statutes controlling
  If a congressional measure, which submits to the several states an amendment to the Constitution of the United States for ratification or rejection, provides for ...

Last modified: April 7, 2009