An applicant for voter registration shall complete an application providing the following information concerning the applicant's qualifications as a voter in this state:
"If you knowingly provide false information on this voter registration form or knowingly make a false declaration about your qualifications for voter registration you will have committed a class C felony that is punishable by imprisonment for up to five years, a fine of up to ten thousand dollars, or both."
This information shall be recorded on a single registration form to be prescribed by the secretary of state.
RCW 29A.08.210
Effective date- 2024 c 269 s 11: "Section 11 of this act takes effect July 15, 2024." [2024 c 269 s 16.]
Expiration date- 2024 c 269 s 10: "Section 10 of this act expires July 15, 2024." [2024 c 269 s 15.]
Effective date- 2023 c 466 s s 3, 4, 6, 11, 13-16, and 20-23: See note following RCW 29A.08.030.
Effective date- 2020 c 208 s s 3, 5, 6, and 13-17: "Sections 3, 5, 6, and 13 through 17 of this act take effect January 1, 2022." [2020 c 208 s 24.]
Short title- 2020 c 208 : "This act may be known and cited as the voting opportunities through education act or the VOTE act." [2020 c 208 s 1.]
Findings- 2020 c 208 : "The legislature finds that robust participation by young voters in Washington state elections is critical to ensuring lifelong civic engagement. Research has shown that voting is a habitual behavior and that people who vote in the first three elections when they are eligible will likely vote for life. However, this is also the period of time when they are likely to face unique barriers to participate in the democratic process, including regularly changing their address, becoming eligible shortly after an election, and exclusion from certain voter registration policies.
The legislature also finds that the period prior to election day is the most critical time to ensure ballot access for young voters. States with early voting have higher participation rates than states that do not and the use of early voting sites on college campuses helped produce record levels of participation for young voters in 2016 and 2018.
The legislature finds that students that have more opportunities to be registered and vote are more likely to participate. Limiting statutory voter registration opportunities on college campuses to days well in advance of election day is inconsistent with implementation of same-day voter registration. Making automatic voter registration unavailable to those registering for the first time denies young voters the same benefits as every other voter." [2020 c 208 s 2.]
Findings-Intent-Effective date- 2018 c 109 : See notes following RCW 29A.08.170.
Effective date-2005 c 246: See note following RCW 10.64.140.
Severability-Effective date-1994 c 57: See notes following RCW 29A.16.040.
Effective date-1990 c 143 ss 1-8: See note following RCW 29A.08.340.
Civil disabilities of wife abolished: RCW 26.16.160.
Civil rights
loss of: State Constitution Art. 6 s 3, RCW 29A.08.520.
restoration of: RCW 9.92.066, 9.94A.637, 9.94A.885, 9.95.260, chapter 9.96 RCW.
Copy of instrument restoring civil rights as evidence: RCW 5.44.090.
Qualifications of electors: State Constitution Art. 6 s 1 (Amendment 5).
Residence defined: RCW 29A.04.151.