AN ACT Relating to filing for the office of precinct committeeman; amending RCW 29.18.030 and 29.42.040; and adding a new section to chapter 29.18 RCW.

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

Sec. 1. Section 29.18.030, chapter 9, Laws of 1965 as last amended by section 3, chapter 142, Laws of 1984 and RCW 29.18.030 are each amended to read as follows:

Each candidate who desires to have his or her name printed on the ballot at a primary, a special election, or a general election for any office other than president of the United States, vice president of the United States, precinct committeeman, or an office in a jurisdiction where ownership of property is a prerequisite to voting shall execute and file a declaration and affidavit of candidacy in substantially the following form:

DECLARATION AND AFFIDAVIT OF CANDIDACY

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(1) That I am a registered voter residing at .......... (street and number, or rural route) .......... , .......... (city or town) .......... , .......... county,state of Washington .......... (ZIP code) .......... ;

(2) That, at the time of filing this declaration and affidavit, I am legally qualified to assume office if elected;

(3) That I hereby declare myself to be a candidate for nomination to the office of: .......... ;

(4) For the following term of office: ¨ a full term or a full term and short term or ¨ an unexpired term;

(5) At the primary election to be held on the ..... day of .......... , .......... ;

(6) That this office is: ¨ nonpartisan, or ¨ partisan and I request that my name be printed upon the ballots ¨ as a candidate of the .......... party, or ¨ an independent candidate nominated under chapter 29.24 RCW; and

(7) That ¨ there is no filing fee because the office is without a fixed annual salary, or ¨ I accompany herewith the sum of .......... dollars, the fee required by law for becoming a candidate, or ¨ I am without sufficient assets or income to pay the fee required by law and I have attached a nominating petition in lieu of this fee.

I further swear, or affirm, that I will support the Constitution and laws of the United States and the Constitution and laws of the state of Washington.

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NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter 29.18 RCW to read as follows:

Each candidate who desires to have his or her name printed on the ballot at a primary, a special election, or a general election for the office of precinct committeeman shall execute and file a declaration of candidacy in substantially the following form:

DECLARATION OF CANDIDACY

FOR PRECINCT COMMITTEEMAN

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@p0 @bv@b4 I, .......... , hereby declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the state of Washington:

(2) That, at the time of filing this declaration and affidavit, I am legally qualified to assume office if elected;

(3) That I hereby declare myself to be a candidate for nomination to the office of precinct committeeman;

(4) For the following term of office: ¨ a full term or a full term and short term or ¨ an unexpired term;

(5) At the primary election to be held on the ..... day of .......... , .......... ;

(6) That this office is partisan and I request that my name be printed upon the ballots as a candidate of the .......... party; and

(7) That ¨ I accompany herewith the sum of one dollar, the fee required by law for becoming a candidate, or ¨ I am without sufficient assets or income to pay the fee required by law and I have attached a nominating petition in lieu of this fee.

I further declare under penalty of perjury, that I will support the Constitution and laws of the United States and the Constitution and laws of the state of Washington.

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Sec. 3. Section 29.42.040, chapter 9, Laws of 1965 as amended by section 6, chapter 4, Laws of 1973 and RCW 29.42.040 are each amended to read as follows:

Any member of a major political party who is a registered voter in the precinct may upon payment of a fee of one dollar file his declaration of candidacy as prescribed by section 2 of this act with the county auditor for the office of precinct committeeman of his party in that precinct. When elected he shall serve so long as he remains an eligible voter in that precinct and until his successor has been elected at the next ensuing state general election in the even-numbered year.