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2005 Washington Revised Code RCW 29A.44.090: Double voting prohibited.

    A registered voter shall not be allowed to vote in the precinct in which he or she is registered at any election or primary for which that voter has cast an absentee ballot. A registered voter who has requested an absentee ballot for a primary or special or general election but chooses to vote at the voter's precinct polling place in that primary or election shall cast a provisional ballot. The canvassing board shall not count the ballot if it finds that the voter has also voted by absentee ballot in that primary or election.

    [2003 c 111 § 1109; 1987 c 346 § 13; 1965 c 9 § 29.36.050. Prior: 1955 c 167 § 6; prior: 1933 ex.s. c 41 § 4; 1921 c 143 § 5; RRS § 5284. Formerly RCW 29.51.185, 29.36.050.]

Notes:
         Legislative intent -- Effective date -- 1987 c 346: See notes following RCW 29A.40.010.

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