Revised Code of Washington

Wash. Rev. Code § 29A.64.061 (2026)

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(1) Upon completion of the canvass of a recount, the canvassing board shall prepare and certify an amended abstract showing the votes cast in each precinct for which the recount was conducted. Copies of the amended abstracts must be transmitted to the same officers who received the abstract on which the recount was based.

(2) If the office or issue for which the recount was conducted was filed with the county auditor, the canvassing board shall file the amended abstract with the original results of that election or primary.

(3) If the office or issue for which a recount was conducted was filed with the secretary of state, the secretary of state shall canvass the amended abstracts and shall file an amended abstract with the original results of that election. The secretary of state may require that the amended abstracts be certified by each canvassing board on a uniform date.

(4) An amended abstract certified under this section supersedes any prior abstract of the results for the same offices or issues at the same primary or election.

[ 2013 c 11 s 69; 2005 c 243 s 21; 2004 c 271 s 180.]

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2004–2023 · leading case: Fred Meise v. Michele Jaderlund, Grant Cnty. Auditor, 413 P.3d 577 (Wash. Ct. App. 2018).

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Fred Meise v. Michele Jaderlund, Grant Cnty. Auditor, 413 P.3d 577 (Wash. Ct. App. 2018). “Jaderlund days after the official certification of the amended abstract as provided in RCW 29A.64.061. (Emphasis added.) Note that the statute refers to the affidavit signed by the elector challenger rather than a petition as ending the running of the ten days.”

Wash. Rep. Party v. King Cty. Div. of Records, 103 P.3d 725 (Wash. 2004). “190 speaks of certification occurring on the fifteenth day following a general election, it is clear to us that whenever a recount occurs, amended abstracts are certified that supersede any prior abstract of the results.”

Washington State Repub. Party v. King Cnty. Div. of Records, Elections & Licensing Servs., 153 Wash. 2d 220 (Wash. 2004). “190 speaks of certification occurring on the fifteenth day following a general election, it is clear to us that whenever a recount occurs, amended abstracts are certified that supersede any prior abstract of the results.”

Zapotocky v. Dalton, 271 P.3d 326 (Wash. Ct. App. 2012). “The statute provides similar language. Upon completion of a recount, “the canvassing board shall prepare and certify an amended abstract showing the votes cast in each precinct for which the recount was conducted.”

Washington Election Integrity Coalition United v. Chandra Schumacher (Wash. Ct. App. 2023). “An affidavit of an elector under this subsection shall be filed with the appropriate court no later than ten days following the official certification of the primary or election as provided in RCW 29A.”

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