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Committee hears bill to narrow post‑election audit options to hand counts and risk‑limiting audits
Summary
House Bill 1030 would reduce the list of audit methods counties may use after elections to limited hand counts of selected precincts or batches and risk‑limiting audits, while preserving the requirement to audit duplicated ballots and adding a statewide risk‑limiting audit for statewide contests.
House Bill 1030, sponsored in committee testimony by Representative Lowe, would narrow the methods Washington counties may use to audit election results to two options: limited hand counts of randomly selected precincts or batches, and risk‑limiting audits, while keeping a separate duplicated‑ballot audit requirement.
The proposal, presented to the State Government & Tribal Affairs Committee in a staff briefing from Desiree Omley of the Office of Program Research and supported by Secretary of State Steve Hobbs, replaces independent electronic audits and the random check of ballot counting equipment with a single “limited hand count” option and clarifies risk‑limiting audit types. The bill also authorizes the secretary of state to conduct a…
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