BILL · 1991–92 SESSION
SB 5600: Mail balloting
Authorizing mail balloting in certain primaries and special elections.
Summary
- Gives the authority to a county auditor to determine whether a nonpartisan special election may be conducted by mail ballot. Limits the authority to precincts with less than two hundred registered voters. Provides that persons attempting to vote more than once are subject to the penalties provided in chapter 29.85 RCW.
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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
- IntroducedFeb 11, 1991
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Jim Matson (R-14)
- Introduced
- February 11, 1991 in the Senate
- Last action
- January 13, 1992
- Companion bill
- HB 1501
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Jim Matson (R-14)
2 co-sponsors (1 Democrat, 1 Republican)
Votes
No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.
History
The Legislature's online data doesn't include step-by-step history for sessions before 2001. Its final status is shown above, and the official bill page may have more.
SB 5600 in other sessions
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