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                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 6039

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State of Washington                              50th Legislature                              1987 Regular Session

By Senator Hansen

Read first time 3/2/87 and referred to Committee on Governmental Operations.

AN ACT Relating to the election of nonpartisan state officials; and amending RCW 29.21.150.

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

        Sec. 1.  Section 1, chapter 10, Laws of 1970 ex. sess. as amended by section 5, chapter 120, Laws of 1975-'76 2nd ex. sess. and RCW 29.21.150 are each amended to read as follows:

          The name of the person who receives the greatest number of votes and of the person who receives the next greatest number of votes at the primary for a single nonpartisan position shall appear on the general election ballot under the designation therefor:  PROVIDED, That in elections for justices of the supreme court, judges of the court of appeals and judges of the superior court, and for state superintendent of public instruction, if ((any candidate in the primary receives a majority of all the votes cast for the position, only the name of the person receiving the highest vote shall be printed on the general election ballot under the designation for that position)) no more than two candidates have filed for the position to be filled, a primary election shall not be held for that position.  Names of candidates that would have been printed upon the primary ballot, but for the provisions of this section, shall be printed upon the general election ballot as set forth in RCW 29.21.120 through 29.21.130, followed by a space for the writing in of any other name by a voter.