FINAL BILL REPORT

SB 6518

C 75 L 04

Synopsis as Enacted

Brief Description: Changing the general election ballot for the office of judge of the district court.

Sponsors: Senator McCaslin.

Senate Committee on Judiciary

House Committee on State Government

Background: When a primary election is held for a nonpartisan office, the names of the candidates who placed first and second appear on the general election ballot in the order in which they placed during the primary election. If, during the primary election for the office of Justice of the Supreme Court, Judge of the Court of Appeals, Judge of the Superior Court, or Superintendent of Public Instruction, a candidate receives a majority of the votes cast, only the name of that candidate is printed on the general election ballot.

Summary: If, during the primary election for the office of Judge of the District Court, a candidate receives a majority of the votes cast, only the name of that candidate is printed on the general election ballot.

Votes on Final Passage:

Senate       44  3

House       95  0

Effective: July 1, 2004