Prior to its use or purchase by any Washington county, an automated signature verification system must be reviewed and approved by the secretary of state for use with that county's particular election management system.

Prior to approval, an automated signature verification system must:

(1) Be able to integrate with the election management system in use by the test county and the ballot accountability processes implemented by the county;

(2) Have variable levels of confidence which the county may adjust and set to the level as subscribed by the secretary of state in the system's approval report; and

(3) Provide a setting that must not accept a signature that an election worker with required signature training should not accept.