Revised Code of Washington (RCW) (Last Updated: August 9, 2016) |
Title 29A. ELECTIONS |
Chapter 29A.84. Crimes and penalties. |
Section 29A.84.050. Tampering with registration form, ballot declaration.
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- (1) A person who knowingly destroys, alters, defaces, conceals, or discards a completed voter registration form or signed ballot declaration is guilty of a gross misdemeanor. This section does not apply to (a) the voter who completed the form or declaration, or (b) a county auditor who acts as authorized by law.(2) Any person who intentionally fails to return another person's completed voter registration form or signed ballot declaration to the proper state or county elections office by the applicable deadline is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.NOTES:Notice to registered poll voters—Elections by mail—2011 c 10: See note following RCW 29A.04.008.