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GOP's election reform amendments pass [WA] Senate
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| Contributor | Ralphie |
| Last Edited | Ralphie Mar 08, 2005 10:20pm |
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| News Date | Wednesday, March 9, 2005 04:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Voter records would be randomly investigated and election officials would have to check on the citizenship of each new applicant under Republican-sponsored amendments that passed the state Senate on Monday as part of an election reform-driven voter registration bill.
Republicans have introduced a flurry of amendments on a series of election reform bills that started to hit the floor Friday, but Monday was the first day the GOP had any success on the issue in the Democrat-controlled Senate.
The bill to enhance voter registration record-keeping passed on a 49-0 vote.
Republican amendments allow Department of Licensing agents to ask voter registration applicants if they are U.S. citizens; allow the secretary of state or a county auditor to check the citizenship of new applicants with federal immigration officials; allow county election officials to randomly investigate the record of all registered voters and to make corrections when a voter has died or if their residence has changed; and provide a box on the return envelope of absentee ballots that voters can check to indicate they are members of the armed forces.
Sen. Pam Roach (R-Sumner), who sponsored three of the amendments, called the passing of the amendments "a major victory." |
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