| Passed by the House April 22, 2013 Yeas 95 FRANK CHOPP ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate April 17, 2013 Yeas 37 BRAD OWEN ________________________________________ President of the Senate | I, Barbara Baker, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 1474 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth. BARBARA BAKER ________________________________________ Chief Clerk | |
| Approved May 7, 2013, 1:57 p.m. JAY INSLEE ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | May 7, 2013 Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 63rd Legislature | 2013 Regular Session |
Read first time 01/28/13. Referred to Committee on Government Operations & Elections.
AN ACT Relating to giving general election voters the power to choose between the top two candidates for nonpartisan offices; reenacting and amending RCW 29A.36.170; and repealing RCW 29A.36.171.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1 RCW 29A.36.170 and 2005 c 2 s 6 are each reenacted and
amended to read as follows:
(((1))) For any office for which a primary was held, only the names
of the top two candidates will appear on the general election ballot;
the name of the candidate who received the greatest number of votes
will appear first and the candidate who received the next greatest
number of votes will appear second. No candidate's name may be printed
on the subsequent general election ballot unless he or she receives at
least one percent of the total votes cast for that office at the
preceding primary, if a primary was conducted. On the ballot at the
general election for an office for which no primary was held, the names
of the candidates shall be listed in the order determined ((under))
pursuant to RCW ((29A.36.130)) 29A.36.131.
(((2) For the office of justice of the supreme court, judge of the
court of appeals, judge of the superior court, or state superintendent
of public instruction, if a candidate in a contested primary receives
a majority of all the votes cast for that office or position, only the
name of that candidate may be printed for that position on the ballot
at the general election.))
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2 RCW 29A.36.171 (Nonpartisan candidates
qualified for general election) and 2004 c 271 s 170 are each repealed.