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SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1209
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State of Washington 52nd Legislature 1991 Regular Session
By House Committee on State Government (originally sponsored by Representatives Sheldon and P. Johnson).
Read first time March 6, 1991.
AN ACT Relating to elections; adding a new section to chapter 29.18 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 29.04 RCW; adding new sections to chapter 29.15 RCW; and recodifying RCW 29.18.--- and 29.04.---.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 29.18 RCW to read as follows:
(1) A person filing a declaration and affidavit of candidacy for an office shall, at the time of filing, possess the qualifications specified by law for persons who may be elected to the office.
(2) The name of a candidate for an office shall not appear on a ballot for that office unless the candidate is, at the time the candidate's declaration and affidavit of candidacy is filed, properly registered to vote in the geographic area represented by the office. For the purposes of this section, each geographic area in which registered voters may cast ballots for an office is represented by that office. If a person elected to an office must be nominated from a district or similar division of the geographic area represented by the office, the name of a candidate for the office shall not appear on a primary ballot for that office unless the candidate is, at the time the candidate's declaration and affidavit of candidacy is filed, properly registered to vote in that district or division. The officer with whom declarations and affidavits of candidacy must be filed under this title shall review each such declaration filed regarding compliance with this subsection.
(3) This section does not apply to the office of a member of the United States congress.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter 29.04 RCW to read as follows:
(1) The legislative authority of each county and each city, town, and special purpose district which lies entirely within the county shall provide the county auditor accurate information describing its geographical boundaries and the boundaries of its director, council, or commissioner districts and shall ensure that the information provided to the auditor is kept current.
(2) A city, town, or special purpose district that lies in more than one county shall provide the secretary of state accurate information describing its geographical boundaries and the boundaries of its director, council, or commissioner districts and shall ensure that the information provided to the secretary is kept current. The secretary of state shall promptly transmit to each county in which a city, town, or special purpose district is located information regarding the boundaries of that jurisdiction which is provided to the secretary.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. Sections 1 and 2 of this act are each recodified as sections in chapter 29.15 RCW on July 1, 1992.