Washington Administrative Code › Title 434 - Secretary of State › Chapter 434-260 - Election review process and certification of election administrators › Section 434-260-020 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
As used in this chapter:
(1) "Election review" means the process of
			 examining all or a part of a county's election policies and procedures and
			 includes the review of any documentation of those procedures;
(2) "Election review staff" means the person
			 or persons employed by the secretary of state for the purpose of conducting
			 election reviews;
(3) "Special
			 election review" means an election review conducted in a county or counties
			 whenever the unofficial returns of a primary or election indicate that a
			 mandatory recount is likely in a race for the state legislature, congress, or
			 statewide office;
(4) "Preliminary
			 review report of findings and recommendations" means that draft report made by
			 the election review staff to the county auditor and which contains any
			 recommendations made by the review staff and a preliminary conclusion regarding
			 the county's election procedures;
(5) "Draft election review report" means that
			 report made by the election review staff to the county auditor and the
			 designated members of the county canvassing board. The auditor and/or county
			 canvassing board must respond to the draft election review report in writing
			 and may appeal the report to the election administration and certification
			 board;
(6) "Final election review
			 report" means that report made by the election review staff which contains a
			 copy of the recommendations made by the review staff, the response to those
			 recommendations made by the county auditor or the county canvassing board, and
			 a conclusion written by the staff;
(7) "Special review recommendations" means
			 recommendations made by the review staff to the county auditor and the county
			 canvassing board following the conduct of any special review;
(8) "County auditor designee" is that person
			 designated by the county auditor to participate in the review process, pursuant
			 to the provisions of
			 RCW
			  29A.04.580. Such a designee must be certified
			 as required by chapter 29A.04 RCW.
(9) "Election administrator" means the person
			 or persons appointed by the county auditor to election management positions as
			 required by
			 RCW
			  36.22.220 and the state director of
			 elections, assistant directors of elections, certification and training program
			 staff members, and any other secretary of state election division employees
			 designated by the director of elections;
(10) "Assistant election administrator" means
			 any person involved in the administration of elections at the state or county
			 level who has been designated as an assistant election administrator by the
			 state director of elections or the county auditor as applicable;
(11) "County canvassing board members" means
			 those officers designated as such pursuant to the provision of chapter 29A.60
			 RCW;
(12) "Election administration
			 and certification board" means that board created pursuant to the provisions of
			 RCW
			  29A.04.510.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  29A.04.611,
				  29A.04.620, and
				  29A.04.630. 11-24-064, §
				  434-260-020, filed 12/6/11, effective 1/6/12. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  29A.04.611. 09-18-098, § 434-260-020,
				  filed 9/1/09, effective 10/2/09; 05-17-145, § 434-260-020, filed 8/19/05,
				  effective 9/19/05. Statutory Authority: RCW  29A.04.610. 04-15-089, §
				  434-260-020, filed 7/16/04, effective 8/16/04. Statutory Authority: RCW
				   29.60.020. 99-12-004, § 434-260-020, filed 5/19/99, effective 6/19/99.
				  98-08-010, recodified as § 434-260-020, filed 3/18/98, effective 3/18/98.
				  Statutory Authority: RCW  29.60.020. 93-18-053, § 434-60-020, filed
				  8/30/93, effective 9/30/93.