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BILL · 2019–20 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SHB 1861

HB 1861: Ballot rejection rates

Concerning ballot rejection rates.

Summary

  • Requires the State Auditor's Office (SAO) to audit each county after the 2020 general election to analyze ballot rejection rates and compare the county's practices to legal requirements and best practices.
  • Requires the SAO to publish a report of these audits, including trends in ballot rejection rates and recommendations to reduce those rates.

From the House Bill Report (HB 1861), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedFeb 4, 2019
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Jared Mead (D-44)
Introduced
February 4, 2019 in the House
Last action
February 7, 2020
Budget
Has a fiscal note
Versions
HB 1861, SHB 1861

AN ACT Relating to improving ballot rejection rates while maintaining the integrity of elections;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Jared Mead (D-44)

2 co-sponsors (2 Democrats, 0 Republicans)

Sherry Appleton D-23Gerry Pollet D-46

Votes

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

History

  1. Referred to Appropriations. (SHB 1861)
  2. Referred to Appropriations.
  3. SGOV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (SHB 1861)
  4. Minority; do not pass. (SHB 1861)
  5. Minority; do not pass.
  6. SGOV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
  7. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  8. First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations.

HB 1861 in other sessions

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

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