1413-S AMH HUNS VASA 040

                

SHB 1413 - H AMD 159

By Representative Hunt

NOT CONSIDERED

    On page 6, beginning on line 7, after "next" strike all material through "date" on line 12 and insert "regular candidate filing period under RCW 29A.24.050 begins ninety days or more after the court's ruling, the court shall order new elections, conducted pursuant to the remedy, to be scheduled, with candidate filing for the new elections to take place at the next date authorized by RCW 29A.24.050"

 

    On page 6, line 13, after "next" strike "election date occurs" and insert "regular candidate filing period authorized by RCW 29A.24.050 begins"

 

    On page 6, line 15, after "organized." insert "The court shall order new elections, conducted pursuant to the remedy, to be scheduled, with candidate filing for the new elections to take place at the subsequent candidate filing date authorized by RCW 29A.24.050."

   

 

 

 

    EFFECT:   Requires elections ordered by the court as a remedy for a voting rights act violation to occur within the regular timeline for primary and general elections.  Provides that if the next regular candidate filing period (beginning the Monday two weeks before Memorial day and ending the following Friday) begins less than ninety days after the court's ruling, the election occurs as scheduled and organized, and the court-ordered elections will instead take place with candidate filing for the court-ordered elections to take place at the subsequent regular candidate filing period.

 

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