Washington Administrative Code

(1) Prior to the expiration of the registration period, organizations may seek renewal within the enrollment period specified in WAC 434-166-260 by completing the registration requirements as set forth in RCW 19.166.040 and WAC 434-166-280.(2) The secretary may mail a renewal for…

(1) Organizations required to register or renew under RCW 19.166.030 and chapter 434-166 WAC shall pay a fee of fifty dollars per application.(2) A notification of change of information required under RCW 19.166.050 shall be accepted without fee.[Statutory Authority: RCW 19.066.0…

Registrations of organizations shall be terminated when any of the following circumstances set forth occur:(1) Voluntary termination. An organization may voluntarily terminate its registration by notifying the secretary of such intent. The organization's registration shall termin…

(1) The termination of the organization's registration shall not relieve the organization's obligation to all students who are in the state of Washington.(2) The organization shall immediately cancel any student's exchange visit prior to entry to the state of Washington unless a …

Organizations are required to adhere to regulations set forth in chapters 19.166 RCW and 434-166 WAC.[Statutory Authority: RCW 19.166.050 and 19.166.060. WSR 92-10-023, § 434-166-330, filed 4/29/92, effective 5/30/92.]

Organizations shall furnish all information, reports, documents, books, files, and other records requested by the secretary on all matters related to the organization's international student exchange visitor placement programs.[Statutory Authority: RCW 19.166.050 and 19.166.060. …

Organizations shall cooperate fully with any inquiry or investigation that may be undertaken by the secretary.[Statutory Authority: RCW 19.166.050 and 19.166.060. WSR 92-10-023, § 434-166-350, filed 4/29/92, effective 5/30/92.]

(1) In addition to those documents specified by RCW 29A.04.255, the secretary of state or the county auditor shall accept and file electronic transmissions of the following documents:(a) The text of any proposed initiative, referendum, or recall measure and any accompanying docum…

References to times of day (i.e., 8:00 p.m.) are according to Pacific Time.[Statutory Authority: RCW 29A.04.611, 29A.04.620, and 29A.04.630. WSR 11-24-064, § 434-208-110, filed 12/6/11, effective 1/6/12. Statutory Authority: RCW 29A.04.611. WSR 08-15-052, § 434-208-110, filed 7/1…

As chief election officer, the secretary of state shall make reasonable rules consistent with federal and state election laws to effectuate any provision of Title 29A RCW and to facilitate the execution of its provisions in an orderly, timely, and uniform manner relating to any f…

(1) For purposes of RCW 42.17A.005, the secretary of state recognizes as a minor political party a political party whose nominees for president and vice president qualified to appear on the ballot in the last preceding presidential election according to the minor party nomination…

Election notices are governed by RCW 29A.04.220 and 29A.52.355.(1) "Short titles for ballot measures" means the name of the jurisdiction, the measure number, and the heading or caption.(2) The notice for elderly and disabled person required by RCW 29A.04.220 may be combined with …

The secretary of state and each county auditor must provide information online that includes, at a minimum, how to:(1) Register to vote using a paper or online application;(2) Confirm a registration status;(3) Request a ballot or replacement ballot;(4) For service and overseas vo…

The purpose of this chapter is to provide uniform procedures under RCW 43.03.305(1) for the selection and notification by the secretary of state of persons to be appointed to the Washington citizens' commission on salaries for elected officials.[Statutory Authority: RCW 29.04.080…

Qualification requirements for the citizen members selected in accordance with this chapter to serve on the commission shall be as required by the state Constitution and RCW 43.03.305:(1) Any person selected under WAC 434-209-070 to serve must be a registered voter and eligible t…

No later than May 20 of the year of selection, the secretary of state shall arrange for the random selection of approximately an equal number of names of registered voters from each congressional district that requires appointment of a new commissioner. The secretary of state may…

(1) No later than May 31 of the year of selection, the secretary of state shall notify by nonforwardable 1st class mail each person selected by lot under WAC 434-209-050. The notification shall contain a response form and prestamped, self-addressed return envelope. The notificati…

From the list prepared under WAC 434-209-060(2), the secretary of state shall conduct a separate, noncomputer selection by lot of all qualified persons responding positively to the notice in WAC 434-209-060 from each congressional district. The persons selected from each congress…

No later than July 1 of the year of selection, the secretary of state shall forward to the governor the certified list of the names of the first registered voter selected from each congressional district under WAC 434-209-070. In the event that one of the persons certified to the…

Whenever a vacancy exists in any of the congressional districts, the governor shall notify the secretary of state of the vacancy. The secretary of state shall forward to the governor for appointment the next name on the list created in WAC 434-209-070 for that congressional distr…

(1) Prior to February 1, the county auditor shall send a questionnaire to the administrative authority of each local jurisdiction for which the auditor is the candidate filing officer subject to the provisions of RCW 29A.04.321 and 29A.04.330. The questionnaire must be sent durin…

Declarations of candidacy filed either in person or by mail shall be in substantially the following form:The filing officer must provide a paper or electronic copy of the filed declaration of candidacy to the candidate and to the public disclosure commission.[Statutory Authority:…

Declarations of candidacy filed either in person or by mail shall be in substantially the following form:[Statutory Authority: RCW 29A.04.611, 29A.24.091, 29A.24.311, 29A.60.021, 29A.60.185, 29A.60.170, 29A.60.110, and 29A.60.235. WSR 19-01-102, § 434-215-015, filed 12/18/18, eff…

Declarations of candidacy for the office of precinct committee officer shall be in substantially the following form:[Statutory Authority: RCW 29A.04.611. WSR 14-06-040, § 434-215-021, filed 2/26/14, effective 3/29/14; WSR 12-14-074, § 434-215-021, filed 7/2/12, effective 8/2/12.]

If, after the last day to withdraw, a county auditor learns that a candidate provided insufficient funds for a filing fee, the county auditor must recoup that cost through other allowable means.[Statutory Authority: RCW 29A.04.611, 29A.04.255. WSR 11-05-008, § 434-215-024, filed …

(1) When a candidate submits a filing fee petition in lieu of his or her filing fee, as authorized by RCW 29A.24.091, voters eligible to vote on the office in the general election are eligible to sign the candidate's filing fee petition.(2) A candidate submitting a filing fee pet…

In the event of an internet outage or disruption to the office of the secretary of state's online candidate filing system, declarations of candidacy and filing fees for offices that file with the secretary of state may be received in person by any county auditor during the last t…

No person when filing for office shall be permitted to use any title, rank, or symbol instead of, or in conjunction with, his or her name including, but not limited to, Mr., Mrs., Dr., Ph.D., J.D., Gen., except as may be provided by law or administrative rule.[Statutory Authority…

Whenever, in the judgment of the filing officer, two or more candidates have filed for the same office whose names are so similar as to be confusing to voters, he or she shall differentiate between the candidates by the inclusion of additional information in connection with the n…

Consistent with RCW 29A.24.131, a candidate may withdraw their declaration of candidacy at any time before 5:00 p.m. on the Monday following the last day for candidates to file. The candidate must file a signed request that their name not be printed on the ballot. This request to…

An electronic system to file declarations of candidacy shall be an online system accessible to candidates on the world wide web that is capable of:(1) Recording each candidate's name, date of birth, voter registration address, mailing address, phone number, email address, and pol…

The secretary of state may enter into interlocal agreements with county auditors to provide services to allow county auditors to accept electronic filings. Nothing in an agreement shall contravene RCW 29A.24.070, determining where candidates file for office.[Statutory Authority: …

(1) On a declaration of candidacy, a candidate for partisan congressional, state, or county office may state his or her preference for a political party, or not state a preference. The candidate may use up to eighteen characters for the name of the political party. A candidate's …

(1) In the election system enacted as chapter 2, Laws of 2005, there is no distinction between major party candidates, minor party candidates, or independent candidates filing for partisan congressional, state, or county office. All candidates filing for these partisan offices ha…

Nominations for president and vice president by major political parties are conducted at each party's national convention. Immediately following the convention, each party must submit a certificate of nomination and list of electors to the secretary of state in order to place the…

When state law requires a candidate to possess all qualifications of the office at the time of candidate filing, a candidate must satisfy this requirement at the time of candidate filing; a candidate cannot rely on possessing the qualifications at a later time, such as election d…

A candidate desiring to file as a write-in candidate must file the write-in declaration of candidacy no later than 8:00 p.m. on election day. If a write-in declaration of candidacy is filed with the filing officer after the close of the regular candidate filing period per RCW 29A…

If the date of the presidential primary is changed pursuant to RCW 29A.56.020 from the second Tuesday in March to another date, the secretary of state shall promptly notify the county auditors and the chairperson of the national committee of each major political party, in writing…

(1) Per RCW 29A.56.031, the party chair for each major party must provide that party's official list of candidates to the secretary of state no later than 63 days prior to the primary. This list must include the full name of each candidate, the form of the candidate's name as it …

(1) No later than August 15th in the calendar year preceding the year in which the presidential preference primary is to be held, the state chair of each major party shall submit in writing to the secretary of state the exact wording of any party declaration required by rules of …

(1) Each county shall print declarations on the return envelopes in the same format and color as prescribed by the secretary of state which must include:(a) The standard declaration per WAC 434-230-015 printed on the return envelope along with each political party declaration.(b)…

The logic and accuracy test shall be conducted pursuant to the provisions of chapter 434-335 WAC and RCW 29A.12.130.[Statutory Authority: RCW 29A.04.611. WSR 07-24-044, § 434-219-185, filed 11/30/07, effective 12/31/07. Statutory Authority: RCW 29.19.070. WSR 03-23-093, § 434-219…

If a presidential primary occurs on an election date described in RCW 29A.04.330, all measures or candidates for office for which the voters are eligible to vote at that special election shall be listed on the ballot in such a manner that each voter can identify and vote on those…

Ballots cast on direct recording electronic voting devices must be verified as matching the signed political party declaration.(1) The voter must sign a standard ballot declaration form and select one political party ballot declaration.(2) If using DREs, the county auditor must u…

(1) Each registered voter desiring to participate in the presidential primary of a major party that requires a declaration shall subscribe to the declaration in order for their vote to be counted.(2) If the voter selected a political party declaration, a notation of the party sel…

The following standards determine the validity of political party declarations on a presidential primary return envelope and ballot. All standards listed in WAC 434-261-086 apply to ballots.(1) In order for a ballot to be valid and included in the ballot count, the ballot must co…

County canvassing boards shall certify the results of the presidential primary ten days following the primary. The county auditor shall transmit the returns to the secretary of state immediately. Not later than seventeen days following the presidential primary, the secretary of s…