2005 Washington Revised Code RCW 29A.08.350: Duties of secretary of state, department of licensing, county auditors.

(1) The secretary of state shall provide for the voter registration forms submitted under RCW 29A.08.340 to be collected from each driver's licensing facility within five days of their completion.

(2) The department of licensing shall produce and transmit to the secretary of state a machine-readable file containing the following information from the records of each individual who requested a voter registration or transfer at a driver's license facility during each period for which forms are transmitted under subsection (1) of this section: The name, address, date of birth, gender of the applicant, the driver's license number, the date on which the application for voter registration or transfer was submitted, and the location of the office at which the application was submitted.

(3) The voter registration forms from the driver's licensing facilities must be forwarded to the county in which the applicant has registered to vote no later than ten days after the date on which the forms were to be collected.

(4) For a voter registration application where the address for voting purposes is different from the address in the machine-readable file received from the department of licensing, the secretary of state shall amend the record of that application in the machine-readable file to reflect the county in which the applicant has registered to vote.

(5) The secretary of state shall sort the records in the machine-readable file according to the county in which the applicant registered to vote and produce a file of voter registration transactions for each county. The records of each county may be transmitted on or through whatever medium the county auditor determines will best facilitate the incorporation of these records into the existing voter registration files of that county.

(6) The secretary of state shall produce a list of voter registration transactions for each county and transmit a copy of this list to that county with each file of voter registration transactions no later than ten days after the date on which that information was to be transmitted under subsection (1) of this section.

[2004 c 267 § 120; 2003 c 111 § 226; 1994 c 57 § 22; 1990 c 143 § 2. Formerly RCW 29.07.270.]

Effective dates -- 2004 c 267: See note following RCW 29A.08.651.      Severability -- Effective date -- 1994 c 57: See notes following RCW 10.64.021.      Effective date -- 1990 c 143 §§ 1-8: See note following RCW 29A.08.340.