HB 1507 — Enhancing election reconciliation reports.

H-0589.1HOUSEENGROSSED HOUSE BILL 1507State of Washington65th Legislature2017 Regular SessionBy Representatives Holy and HudginsRead first time 01/23/17.

and amending RCW 29A.60.235.BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:Sec. 1.  RCW 29A.60.235 and 2011 c 10 s 62 are each amended to read as follows:(1) The county auditor shall prepare((, make publicly available at the auditor's office or on the auditor's web site, and submit)) at the time of certification an election reconciliation report that discloses the following information:(((1))) (a) The number of registered voters;(((2))) (b) The number of ballots issued;(((3))) (c) The number of ballots received;(((4))) (d) The number of ballots counted;(((5))) (e) The number of ballots rejected;(((6))) (f) The number of provisional ballots issued;(((7))) (g) The number of provisional ballots received;(((8))) (h) The number of provisional ballots counted;(((9))) (i) The number of provisional ballots rejected;(((10))) (j) The number of federal write-in ballots received;(((11))) (k) The number of federal write-in ballots counted;(((12))) (l) The number of federal write-in ballots rejected;(((13))) (m) The number of overseas and service ballots issued;(((14)))issued by mail, email, web site link, or facsimile;(((14))) (n) The number of overseas and service ballots received;(((15)))received by mail, email, or facsimile;(((15))) (o) The number of overseas and service ballots counted;(((16)))counted by mail, email, or facsimile;(((16))) (p) The number of overseas and service ballots rejected;(((17)))rejected by mail, email, or facsimile;(((17))) (q) The number of votersnonoverseas creditedand withnonservice voting;ballots sent by email, web site link, or facsimile;(r) The number of nonoverseas and nonservice ballots received by email or facsimile;(s) The number of nonoverseas and nonservice ballots that were rejected for:(i) Failing to send an original or hard copy of the ballot by the certification deadline;

and(((18)))or(ii) (r) Any other informationreason, theincluding auditor or secretary of state deems necessary to reconcile the numberreason offor ballotsrejection;(t) countedThe with the number of voters credited with voting.(2)voting; The county auditor must make the report available to the public at the auditor's office and must publish the report on the auditor's web site at the time of certification.

and(((18))) (u) Any other information the auditor or secretary of state deems necessary to reconcile the number of ballots counted with the number of voters credited with voting.(2) The county auditor must make the report available to the public at the auditor's office and must publish the report on the auditor's web site at the time of certification.

The report must be prepared and published on the secretary of state's web site within two months after the last county's election results have been certified.(b) The state report must include a comparison among counties on rates of votes received, counted, and rejected, including provisional, write-in, overseas ballots, and overseasballots ballots.transmitted electronically.