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Statutes > Washington > Title-29a > 29a-04 > 29a-04-255Electronic facsimile documents — Acceptance.
The secretary of state or a county auditor shall accept and file in his or her office electronic facsimile transmissions of the following documents:
(1) Declarations of candidacy;
(2) County canvass reports;
(3) Voters' pamphlet statements;
(4) Arguments for and against ballot measures that will appear in a voters' pamphlet;
(5) Requests for recounts;
(6) Certification of candidates and measures by the secretary of state;
(7) Direction by the secretary of state for the conduct of a mandatory recount;
(8) Requests for absentee ballots;
(9) Any other election related document authorized by rule adopted by the secretary of state under *RCW 29A.04.610.
The acceptance by the secretary of state or the county auditor is conditional upon the document being filed in a timely manner, being legible, and otherwise satisfying the requirements of state law or rules with respect to form and content.
If the original copy of a document must be signed and a copy of the document is filed by facsimile transmission under this section, the original copy must be subsequently filed with the official with whom the facsimile was filed. The original copy must be filed by a deadline established by the secretary by rule. The secretary may by rule require that the original of any document, a copy of which is filed by facsimile transmission under this section, also be filed by a deadline established by the secretary by rule.
[2004 c 266 § 5; 2003 c 111 § 142; 1991 c 186 § 1. Formerly RCW 29.04.230.]
Notes: *Reviser's note: RCW 29A.04.610 was amended by 2004 c 267 § 702 and repealed by 2004 c 271 § 193. RCW 29A.04.610 was subsequently repealed by 2006 c 206 § 9. Also cf. RCW 29A.04.611.
Effective date -- 2004 c 266: See note following RCW 29A.04.575.
