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SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2513
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State of Washington 55th Legislature 1998 Regular Session
By House Committee on Government Administration (originally sponsored by Representatives Keiser, D. Schmidt, Scott and Kenney)
Read first time 02/03/98. Referred to Committee on .
AN ACT Relating to candidates' and voters' pamphlets; amending RCW 29.80.010; and adding a new section to chapter 29.81 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 29.80.010 and 1987 c 295 s 17 are each amended to read as follows:
(1)
The secretary of state shall publish a candidates' pamphlet as soon as
possible before each state general election at which one or more federal
or state officials, including the office of superior court judge and judge
of the court of appeals, are to be elected((, the secretary of state
shall publish and mail to each individual place of residence of the state a
candidates' pamphlet containing)) or at which a person is to be elected
to fill a vacancy in such an office. In addition, the secretary of state shall
publish a candidates' pamphlet for a primary held to nominate persons for a
federal or state office or to nominate persons to be elected to fill a vacancy
in such an office, if sufficient time exists and sufficient money has been
appropriated for this purpose.
The secretary of state shall mail a candidates' pamphlet to each individual place of residence in the state, if voters state-wide will vote for any of these offices at that election or primary. However, the secretary of state need only mail a candidates' pamphlet to each individual place of residence in the applicable congressional, legislative, or judicial district or districts, or county or counties, where the election or primary is being held, if no state-wide elective office being considered at the election or primary. Candidates' pamphlets must also be distributed as provided under RCW 29.81.140, 29.81.150, and 29.81.180 for the added distribution of voters' pamphlets.
In lieu of publishing and mailing a candidates' pamphlet on less than a state-wide basis for a primary or general election, the secretary of state may contract with a county auditor or auditors under section 2 of this act to include these materials in a local voters' pamphlet prepared and mailed in the applicable county, counties, or congressional, legislative, or judicial district or districts.
(2)
A candidates' pamphlet must contain photographs and campaign statements of
eligible candidates or nominees who desire to participate therein,
together with a campaign mailing address and telephone number submitted by the candidate
or nominee at the candidate's or nominee's option((, and)).
In addition, a candidates' pamphlet for a general election in an
even-numbered ((years containing)) year must contain a
description of the office of precinct committee officer and its duties, in
order that voters will understand that ((the office is a state office and))
these positions will be found on the ballot of the forthcoming general
election. ((In odd-numbered years no candidates' pamphlet may be published
unless an election is to be held to fill a vacancy in one or more of the
following state-wide elective offices: United States senator, governor,
lieutenant governor, secretary of state, state treasurer, state auditor,
attorney general, superintendent of public instruction, commissioner of public
lands, insurance commissioner, or justice of the supreme court.))
(3) The secretary of state shall adopt rules providing for candidates' pamphlets at primary elections.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter 29.81 RCW to read as follows:
The secretary of state may contract with a county auditor for information on persons running as candidates for a federal or state office, including the office of superior court judge and judge of the court of appeals, to be included in the county voters' pamphlet prepared for a primary election. The amount paid to a county for including this information may not exceed the county's actual additional publishing cost for including this information in the pamphlet.
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