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                         SENATE BILL 6489

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State of Washington      55th Legislature     1998 Regular Session

By Senators McCaslin, Long, Hargrove, Fairley, Goings, Hale, Kline, Thibaudeau, Prince, Patterson, Winsley, Kohl, Oke and Haugen

Read first time 01/20/98.  Referred to Committee on Government Operations.

Specifying that there will be no primary for a district court position when there are no more than two candidates filed for the position.

    AN ACT Relating to district court elections; and amending RCW 29.21.015.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

    Sec. 1.  RCW 29.21.015 and 1996 c 324 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:

    (1) No primary may be held for any single position in any city, town, ((or)) district, or district court, as required by RCW 29.21.010, if, after the last day allowed for candidates to withdraw, there are no more than two candidates filed for the position.  The county auditor shall, as soon as possible, notify all the candidates so affected that the office for which they filed will not appear on the primary ballot.

    (2) No primary may be held for the office of commissioner of a park and recreation district or for the office of cemetery district commissioner.

    (3) Names of candidates for offices that do not appear on the primary ballot shall be printed upon the general election ballot in the manner specified by RCW 29.30.025.

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