2005 Washington Revised Code RCW 29A.52.151: Ballot format — Procedures.

(1) Under a consolidated ballot format:

     (a) Votes for a major political party candidate will only be tabulated and reported if cast by voters who choose to affiliate with that same major political party;

     (b) Votes cast for a major political party candidate by a voter who chooses to affiliate with a different major political party may not be tabulated or reported;

     (c) Votes cast for a major political party candidate by a voter who fails to select a major political party affiliation may not be tabulated or reported;

     (d) Votes cast for a major political party candidate by a voter who selects more than one major political party with which to affiliate may not be tabulated or reported; and

     (e) Votes properly cast may not be affected by votes improperly cast for other races.

     (2) Under a physically separate ballot format:

     (a) Only one party ballot and one nonpartisan ballot may be voted;

     (b) If more than one party ballot is voted, none of the ballots will be tabulated or reported;

     (c) A voter's affiliation with a major political party will be inferred from the act of voting the party ballot for that major political party; and

     (d) Every eligible registered voter may vote a nonpartisan ballot.

[2004 c 271 § 142.]