This bill, titled the "state elections confidence using rigorous examination (SECURE) act," creates new law and amends multiple existing statutes governing voter registration, mail ballots, voting centers, identification requirements, recordkeeping, and identicard issuance. It requires the Secretary of State to contract with the Evans School at the University of Washington to study security testing of the voter registration system, analyze gaps that could allow duplicate registrations, and report findings and recommendations to the chair of the senate state government committee by January 1, 2027. It adds a new section to chapter 29A.60 RCW and a new section to chapter 29A.08 RCW, and amends RCW 29A.08.010, 29A.08.350, 29A.40.091, and 29A.40.160, among others. The bill makes several procedural and evidentiary changes: it amends the minimum information required on voter registration applications to include name, residential address (allowing traditional or defined nontraditional/narrative addresses), date of birth, a signature attesting to truth, mailing address if different, and proof of U.S. citizenship as defined by a specified executive order. It requires the Department of Licensing to transmit specified applicant information (including driver license number and signature image) to the Secretary of State for processing as electronic applications and to provide copies of citizenship documents when requested. For mail ballots, county auditors must send ballots with a signed declaration, instructions to enclose a copy of valid photo identification, prepaid return postage, and prominently display the election date; voters must return ballots by 8:00 p.m. on election day or by mail with a postmark no later than election day. The bill requires at least one voting center per county to be open starting 18 days before an election through 8:00 p.m. on election day, sets accessibility and equipment requirements (including at least one certified voting unit for blind or visually impaired voters), requires inspection and sealing of tabulation-capable equipment, and mandates signature comparison procedures and provisional ballot rules tied to photo identification. The bill also institutes procedural changes around missing or mismatched photo identification: county auditors must notify voters when a ballot lacks valid photo ID, keep and transmit daily records of such ballots to the Secretary of State (within 48 hours of creation or update), and the Secretary of State must make those records public within 24 hours; a voter may not cure a missing or mismatched valid photo identification for purposes of counting the ballot in a recount. It reenacts and amends the identicard statute (RCW 46.20.117) to set issuance criteria, fees and reduced-fee options for specified groups, term lengths and renewal methods, optional medical/developmental/deafness designations, and photo update rules. The act imposes privacy and security protocols for electronic submission of ballot-declaration signatures and establishes notice and contact requirements if a ballot is rejected for lack of ID. Important context is missing: the provided text ends mid-sentence in a subsection, the bill title and some preamble provisions (including the specific agency name for identicard issuance) and any additional sections referenced in the title are not included here, so some procedural details and cross-referenced subsections are unclear from the extracted facts.

If enacted, the law would require the Secretary of State to hire the Evans School to study security and duplicate-registration risks and to expand what counts as a valid voter registration and ballot return. Driver license offices would have to send a lot of applicant data (including signature images and license numbers) to the Secretary of State so those can be treated as electronic registrations. Counties must mail ballots with signed declarations and instructions to enclose a copy of a photo ID, provide prepaid postage on all return envelopes, operate voting centers starting 18 days before elections with accessible equipment (including at least one unit for blind voters), inspect and seal tabulating devices, and follow new recordkeeping and notification rules when photo ID is missing or mismatched. Overseas and service voters keep options to return ballots by fax or email and get postage-free returns under federal rules. The biggest effects fall on the Secretary of State, the Department of Licensing, county auditors, and voters. The Secretary of State will need to fund and manage the contracted study and handle incoming electronic registration data and public reporting, the Department of Licensing will have new transmission and document-sharing duties, and county auditors face higher mailing and postage costs, longer staffing hours for additional voting centers, equipment acquisition and inspection duties, and tighter recordkeeping and notification workloads (including sending records to the Secretary of State within 48 hours and public posting within 24 hours). Voters will likely face more requirements to show proof of U.S. citizenship and valid photo ID for a ballot to count and may receive provisional ballots or follow-up contact if ID is missing; the excerpted text cuts off mid-provision, so some details about signature verification and other implementation steps are not clear from the material provided.