The Washington state House has passed a measure to extend the online deadline for registering to vote from 29 days to 11 days before an election.

The original version of the bill that passed Thursday would have allowed same-day in-person voter registration, but bill supporters said election officials told them that would be too onerous.

Instead, in-person registration would be allowed up to 11 days before an election instead of the current eight days.

Democratic Rep. Joe Fitzgibbon of Burien is the bill's sponsor. He said granting more than two additional weeks for online registration outweighs losing three days for in-person registration.

The bill would also allow county auditors to designate a separate location for in-person registration.

The measure, which passed by a 64-33 vote, goes next to the Senate.