Revised Code of Washington
Wash. Rev. Code § 10.64.140 (2025)
Loss of voting rights—Acknowledgment
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(1) When a person is convicted of a felony and sentenced to a term of total confinement under the jurisdiction of the department of corrections, the court shall require the defendant to sign a statement acknowledging that:
(a) The defendant's right to vote has been lost due to the felony conviction and sentence to a term of total confinement;
(b) If the defendant is registered to vote, the voter registration will be canceled;
(c) The right to vote is automatically restored as long as the defendant is not serving a sentence of total confinement under the jurisdiction of the department of corrections;
(d) The defendant must reregister before voting; and
(e) Voting before the right is restored is a class C felony under RCW 29A.84.660.
(2) For the purposes of this section:
(a) A sentence of total confinement does not include confinement imposed as a sanction for a community custody violation under RCW 9.94A.633(1).
(b) "Total confinement" has the same meaning as in RCW 9.94A.030.
Notes:
Effective date—2021 c 10: See note following RCW 29A.08.520.
Effective date—2005 c 246: "This act takes effect January 1, 2006." [ 2005 c 246 s 26.]
Notes of Decisions
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case (1 in the last 5 years), 2023–2023 · leading case: DeSean v. Sanger, 536 P.3d 191 (Wash. 2023).
DeSean v. Sanger, 536 P.3d 191 (Wash. 2023). “030(1); RCW 10.64.140; RCW 9A.A.44.140. But a SAPO petitioner need not meet the standards of criminal cases, and they need only show by a preponderance of the evidence that they were the victim of nonconsensual sexual penetration.”
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