WA People
BILL · 2007–08 SESSION

HB 1420: Primary election ballots

Modifying provisions on primary election ballots.

Summary

  • Allows a voter's affiliation to be inferred when the voter casts votes only for candidates of one political party, but fails to check off that party's box.
  • Requires that party ballots include all nonpartisan races and ballot measures to be voted on in that primary.

From the House Bill Report (HB 1420), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate
  1. IntroducedJan 18, 2007
  2. Out of committeeFeb 6, 2007
  3. Passed HouseFeb 28, 2007
  4. Passed Senatestopped here
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Troy Kelley (D-28)
Introduced
January 18, 2007 in the House
Last action
January 14, 2008
Requested by
State agency
Companion bill
SB 5408
Budget
Has a fiscal note

AN ACT Relating to primary election ballots;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Troy Kelley (D-28)

10 co-sponsors (6 Democrats, 4 Republicans)

Steve Hailey R-9Bruce Chandler R-15Judy Warnick R-13Senator D-22Mike Armstrong R-12Tami Green D-28Mark Miloscia D-30Sherry Appleton D-23Timm Ormsby D-3Jim Moeller D-49

Votes

House · Final Passage

Passed February 28, 2007
Version voted on: HB 1420
97 Yea 0 Nay 0 Absent 1 Excused
PartyYeaNayAbsentExcused
Democrat63000
Republican34001
How each member voted

Yea (97)

Excused (1)

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History

  1. House Rules "X" file.
  2. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  3. By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
  4. First reading, referred to Government Operations & Elections.
  5. Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1.
  6. Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
  7. Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
  8. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
  9. SGTA - Majority; do pass.
  10. SGTA - Executive action taken by committee.
  11. First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs.

HB 1420 in other sessions

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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