(1) Except as otherwise specified by this title, registered voters include those assigned to active and inactive status by the county auditor.

     (2) Election officials shall not include inactive voters in the count of registered voters for the purpose of dividing precincts, creating vote-by-mail precincts, determining voter turnout, or other purposes in law for which the determining factor is the number of registered voters. Election officials shall not include persons who are ongoing absentee voters under RCW 29A.40.040 in determining the maximum permissible size of vote-by-mail precincts or in determining the maximum permissible size of precincts. Nothing in this subsection may be construed as altering the vote tallying requirements of RCW 29A.60.230.

[2003 c 111 § 210; 1994 c 57 § 40. Formerly RCW 29.10.081.]

NOTES:

     Severability -- Effective date -- 1994 c 57: See notes following RCW 10.64.021.