Washington Administrative Code › Title 434 - Secretary of State › Chapter 434-324 - Statewide voter registration database › Section 434-324-005 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
As used in this chapter:
(1) "Accepted" means the voter's ballot has
			 been signature verified and is ready for initial processing.
(2) "Active status" means a designation
			 assigned to voters with complete voter registration records signifying that the
			 voter is eligible to vote.
(3)
			 "Applicant" means a person who has applied, or is applying, to become a
			 registered voter in the state of Washington.
(4) "Auditor" or "county auditor" means the
			 county auditor in a noncharter county or the officer in a charter county,
			 irrespective of title, having the overall responsibility to maintain voter
			 registration to conduct state and local elections.
(5) "Conditional registration" means an
			 in-person voter registration application submitted when the voter registration
			 system is unable to process applications. Conditionally registered voters are
			 issued a current ballot for their precinct whenever possible; they are not
			 issued a provisional ballot.
(6)
			 "Current ballot" means the ballot which matches the precinct, precinct portion
			 or split in which the voter is currently registered to vote. This is the most
			 recently issued ballot type or style.
(7) "Electronic registration" means the
			 electronic submission of voter registration applications.
(8) "Extraction," as used in this chapter,
			 means the creation of an electronic list of specific information from the
			 entire official statewide voter registration database.
(9) "New county" means a county in Washington
			 state that a registered voter is moving to from another county within
			 Washington state.
(10) "Previous
			 county" means a county in Washington state that a registered voter lived in
			 prior to moving to a new county.
(11) "Pending status" means a voter
			 registration record is not yet complete, and the applicant is not yet a
			 registered voter or the registration is a potential felon, potential duplicate
			 match, or a future voter.
(12)
			 "Qualified tribal identification" means tribal identification from an issuer of
			 tribal identification that has agreed to make digitized signature information
			 available for the purpose of voter registration.
(13) "Received" means the voter's ballot has
			 been returned to the county and entered into the system, but not yet
			 accepted.
(14) "Registered voter"
			 means any elector who has completed the statutory registration procedures
			 established by Title 29A RCW.
(15)
			 "Registration number" means a unique identifier assigned to each registered
			 voter, pursuant to RCW 29A.08.-125.
(16) "Reissued ballot" means a new ballot
			 issued to a voter due to an address update within the state that changes the
			 voter's ballot type or style. A reissued ballot becomes the current ballot and
			 all other ballots are suspended.
(17) "Replacement ballot" means a ballot that
			 is the same type or style as the most recently issued. The request for a
			 replacement ballot does not update the voter's current ballot type or
			 style.
(18) "Secretary" means
			 secretary of state or any other person authorized by the secretary of state to
			 act on the secretary's behalf.
(19)
			 "Suspended ballot" means any ballot that is not the current ballot. The
			 suspended ballot may be accepted when the current ballot is not received or
			 accepted.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   29A.04.611,
				  29A.04.620, and
				  29A.04.630. 11-24-064, §
				  434-324-005, filed 12/6/11, effective 1/6/12. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   29A.04.611. 09-18-098, § 434-324-005,
				  filed 9/1/09, effective 10/2/09; 07-24-044, § 434-324-005, filed 11/30/07,
				  effective 12/31/07; 07-12-032, § 434-324-005, filed 5/30/07, effective
				  6/30/07; 05-24-039, § 434-324-005, filed 11/30/05, effective
				  12/31/05.