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RCW 29A.68.110

Illegal votes—Number of votes affected—Enough to change result.

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Fred Meise v. Michele Jaderlund, Grant County Auditor (2018)

Most recently applied in Fred Meise v. Michele Jaderlund, Grant County Auditor (March 2018)

2016 c 130 s 9; 2003 c 111 s 1711; 1965 c 9 s 29.65.100

(1) No election for an office may be set aside on account of illegal votes, unless it appears that an amount of illegal votes has been given to the person whose right is being contested, that, if taken from that person, would reduce the number of the person's legal votes below the number of votes given to some other person for the same office, after deducting therefrom the illegal votes that may be shown to have been given to the other person.

(2) No election for a measure may be set aside on account of illegal votes, unless it appears that an amount of illegal votes has been given to the winning choice being contested, that, if taken from that winning choice, would reduce the number of legal votes for the winning choice below the number of votes given to the other choice, after deducting therefrom the illegal votes that may be shown to have been given to the other choice.

Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.