Opinion ID: 2551237
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Charge Eight

Text: ¶ 18 Charge eight relies upon a statute that grants the secretary of state administrative rule making authority (former RCW 29A.04.610 (2004)), [3] asserting that Secretary Reed failed to perform many of the duties detailed therein. CP at 14. [4] The charge is ambiguous in that it could be read as either asserting Secretary Reed had a duty to perform certain acts but failed to perform that duty or that Secretary Reed should have adopted appropriate administrative rules but did not. ¶ 19 Former RCW 29A.04.610 conferred rule making authority upon the secretary of state to make reasonable election rules to effectuate election laws and facilitate their operation. Appellants fail to provide any legal analysis supporting any failure of Secretary Reed to act in accordance with the statute. Appellants offer no reason why the allegations contained in the charge show violations of a legal duty. Accordingly, charge eight is legally insufficient.