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David Elliott Policy Director Office of the Secretary of State Amy Cohen Executive Director NASED SSB5063 Postage for all All voters All elections State Pays The Elections Division is working with each county to get the best rate ID: 802251

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Slide1

Welcome to legislation

Slide2

2019 Election Bills of Interest

David Elliott, Policy Director,

Office of the Secretary of State

Amy Cohen, Executive Director,

NASED

Slide3

SSB5063 Postage for all

All voters

All elections

State Pays

The Elections Division is working with each county to get the best rate

None of the bills on envelopes passed the legislature

Slide4

SB 5227 8-day in person voting period

Starting on the Monday a week before the election, address changes must be in person

Transfers and new registrations now have the same deadlines:

All remote methods received before the 8

th

day

After 8

th

day: in-person

Slide5

ESB 5273 Presidential Primary

New date 2

nd

Tuesday in March (March 10, 2020)

The parties:

choose their candidates - finalize 63 days before

have

option

to include “uncommitted”

have

option

of write-in candidates 7days before.

These are the only write-ins to be counted.

Certification is10 days

Notifications must be published in newspapers

Slide6

ESSB 5079 Native American Voting Rights Act

Clarifies use of non-traditional addresses on tribal land

Use of tribal ID for online registration if signature included

Tribes can request ballot box placement

Auditor must provide at least one, if requested

If not provided, auditor subject to civil lawsuit compelling placement

Notification prior to filing suit to allow discussion

Time period of notification depends on how close to next election.

Slide7

SSB 5266 WVRA clean up

Clarifies that a jurisdiction (cities) that loses a WVRA lawsuit, or agrees to a settlement, requiring creation or redrawing of internal director districts, there must be an election in all districts.

Incumbents can run, but they cannot be held over until the next election.

This was the intent of the original WVRA, but questions were raised.

Slide8

SB 5207 Felon notification

When a person leaves DOC authority, the DOC must provide a voter registration form and advise the person of their right to vote.

Slide9

SHB 1545 Timely signature curing

Counties must update information about cured signatures within 24 hours

When notices sent

Signature updates

VoteWA makes this process automatic

Slide10

2SSB 5287 Counting prisoners back home

Only

Legislative and Congressional districts.

The redistricting commission must attempt to count prison residents, juvenile justice residents over 18, and people involuntarily committed for inpatient treatment at their last known address rather than the facility.

Not for local district drawing

.

Slide11

SB 5074 Faithless Electors

If a Presidential Elector is unwilling to vote for the winner of the popular vote, they must be replaced with a person that will.

The result of the 2016 electoral college process in which four Washington electors refused to vote for Secretary Clinton

Slide12

SSB 5502 Aligning statute with constitution

The redistricting commission must complete their work by Nov 15 in the year ending in “1”.

This should make it so that counties have the LD and CD lines sooner

Does not impact the delivery of census data to the counties and other jurisdictions. (That happens sooner.)

Slide13

What are we hearing about next session?

Interest in cyber-security

Interest in vote tabulation system replacement

Interest in jail voting

Interest in Risk Limiting Audits

What are you hearing?

Slide14

What is happening nationally?

Amy Cohen is the Executive Director of

National Association of State Election Directors

Take it

away Amy!

Slide15

Questions?

Ideas for next year?