| Passed by the House January 27, 2014 Yeas 86 FRANK CHOPP ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate March 4, 2014 Yeas 48 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 2106 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth. BARBARA BAKER ________________________________________ Chief Clerk | |
| Approved March 12, 2014, 2:18 p.m. JAY INSLEE ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | March 12, 2014 Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 63rd Legislature | 2014 Regular Session |
Prefiled 12/03/13. Read first time 01/13/14. Referred to Committee on Government Operations & Elections.
AN ACT Relating to holding a primary for county offices; and amending RCW 29A.52.112.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1 RCW 29A.52.112 and 2013 c 11 s 50 are each amended to read
as follows:
(1) A primary is a first stage in the public process by which
voters elect candidates to public office.
(2) Whenever candidates for a partisan office are to be elected,
the general election must be preceded by a primary conducted under this
chapter. Based upon votes cast at the primary, the top two candidates
will be certified as qualified to appear on the general election
ballot, unless only one candidate qualifies as provided in RCW
29A.36.170.
(3) No primary may be held for any single county partisan office to
fill an unexpired term if, after the last day allowed for candidates to
withdraw, only one candidate has filed for the position.
(4) For partisan office, if a candidate has expressed a party
preference on the declaration of candidacy, then that preference will
be shown after the name of the candidate on the primary and general
election ballots as set forth in rules of the secretary of state. A
candidate may choose to express no party preference. Any party
preferences are shown for the information of voters only and may in no
way limit the options available to voters.