1. (1) Claims for reimbursements for election and local voters' pamphlet costs submitted to the office of the secretary of state must include the following:

   1. (a) Completed and signed voucher as required by the office of the secretary of state;
   2. (b) Financial records that match or allow for reconciliation to the totals in the invoice; and
   3. (c) A completed elections cost recovery workbook and the appropriate invoice voucher. The workbook must be in the standard template format as required by the office of the secretary of state. The workbook will be rejected if submitted in any format other than the format required by the office of the secretary of state. If costs for a primary or election are unexpectedly high, or at the request of the office of the secretary of state, the county auditor shall explain the reason(s) for the increased cost.
2. (2) Failure to provide all required elements will be considered an incomplete, improperly documented voucher and rejected under RCW 29A.04.430.
3. (3) Billing claims and supporting documents must be submitted to the office of the secretary of state not later than 90 days following the certification of the primary or election by the office of the secretary of state. For end of year election costs, claims and supporting documents shall be submitted to the office of the secretary of state not later than 90 days following December 31st of that year.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 29A.04.611. WSR 26-07-033, s 434-270-060, filed 3/11/26, effective 4/11/26.]