RCW 29A.24.010 Officials to designate position numbers, when—Effect. Not less than thirty days before the first day for filing declarations of candidacy under RCW 29A.24.050 for legislative, judicial, county, city, town, or district office, where more than one position with the same name, district number, or title will be voted upon at the succeeding election, […]
RCW 29A.24.020 Designation of short terms, full terms, and unexpired terms—Filing declarations—Election to both short and full terms. If at the same election there are short terms or full terms and unexpired terms of office to be filled, the filing officer shall distinguish them and designate the short term, the full term, and the unexpired […]
RCW 29A.24.031 Declaration of candidacy. A candidate who desires to have his or her name printed on the ballot for election to an office other than president of the United States, vice president of the United States, or an office for which ownership of property is a prerequisite to voting shall complete and file a […]
RCW 29A.24.040 Declaration of candidacy—Electronic filing. A candidate may file his or her declaration of candidacy for an office by electronic means on a system specifically designed and authorized by a filing officer to accept filings. (1) Filings that are received electronically must capture all information specified in RCW 29A.24.031 (1) through (4). (2) Electronic […]
RCW 29A.24.050 Declaration of candidacy—Certain offices, when filed. Except where otherwise provided by this title, declarations of candidacy for the following offices shall be filed during regular business hours with the filing officer beginning the Monday two weeks before Memorial day and ending the following Friday in the year in which the office is scheduled […]
RCW 29A.24.060 Candidates’ names—Nicknames. When filing for office, a candidate may indicate the manner in which he or she desires his or her name to be printed on the ballot. For filing purposes, a candidate may use a nickname by which he or she is commonly known as his or her first name, but the […]
RCW 29A.24.070 Declaration of candidacy—Where filed—Copy to public disclosure commission. Declarations of candidacy shall be filed with the following filing officers: (1) The secretary of state for declarations of candidacy for statewide offices, United States senate, and United States house of representatives; (2) The secretary of state for declarations of candidacy for the state legislature, […]
RCW 29A.24.072 Preservation of declarations of candidacy. The secretary of state and each county auditor shall preserve all declarations of candidacy filed in their respective offices for six months. All declarations of candidacy must be open to public inspection. [ 2003 c 111 § 501; 1965 c 9 § 29.27.090. Prior: 1921 c 178 § […]
RCW 29A.24.075 Qualifications for filing, appearance on ballot. (1) A person filing a declaration of candidacy for an office shall, at the time of filing, be a registered voter and possess the qualifications specified by law for persons who may be elected to the office. (2) Excluding the office of precinct committee officer or a […]
RCW 29A.24.081 Declaration—Filing by mail. Any candidate may mail his or her declaration of candidacy for an office to the filing officer. Such declarations of candidacy shall be processed by the filing officer in the following manner: (1) Any declaration received by the filing officer by mail before the tenth business day immediately preceding the […]
RCW 29A.24.091 Declaration—Fees and petitions. (1) A filing fee of ten dollars shall accompany the declaration of candidacy for any office with a fixed annual salary of one thousand dollars or less. A filing fee equal to one percent of the annual salary of the office at the time of filing shall accompany the declaration […]
RCW 29A.24.101 Filing fee petition—Form. (1) The filing fee petition authorized by RCW 29A.24.091 must be printed on sheets of uniform color and size, must include a place for each individual to sign and print his or her name and the address, city, and county at which he or she is registered to vote, and […]
RCW 29A.24.111 Petitions—Rejection—Acceptance, canvass of signatures—Judicial review. Filing fee petitions may be rejected for the following reasons: (1) The petition is not in the proper form; (2) The petition clearly bears insufficient signatures; (3) The petition is not accompanied by a declaration of candidacy; (4) The time within which the petition and the declaration of […]
RCW 29A.24.131 Withdrawal of candidacy. A candidate may withdraw his or her declaration of candidacy at any time before the close of business on the Monday following the last day for candidates to file under RCW 29A.24.050 by filing, with the officer with whom the declaration of candidacy was filed, a signed request that his […]
RCW 29A.24.141 Void in candidacy. A void in candidacy occurs when an election has been scheduled and no valid declaration of candidacy has been filed for the position or all persons filing such valid declarations of candidacy have died or been disqualified. [ 2011 c 349 § 9; 2004 c 271 § 162.] NOTES: Effective […]
RCW 29A.24.171 Vacancies in office. (1) If, prior to the first day of the regular filing period, a vacancy occurs in an office that is not scheduled to appear on the general election ballot, leaving an unexpired term for which a successor must be elected at the next general election, filings for that office shall […]
RCW 29A.24.181 Regular filing period—Voids in candidacy. (1) If a void in candidacy occurs following the regular filing period and deadline to withdraw, but prior to the day of the primary, filings for that office shall be reopened for a period of three normal business days, such three-day period to be fixed by the filing […]
RCW 29A.24.191 Scheduled election lapses, when. A scheduled election shall be lapsed, the office deemed stricken from the ballot, no purported write-in votes counted, and no candidate certified as elected, when a void in candidacy occurs following the special three-day filing period required by RCW 29A.24.181. [ 2011 c 349 § 12; 2006 c 344 […]
RCW 29A.24.201 Lapse of election when no filing for single positions—Effect. If after both the normal filing period and special three-day filing period as provided by RCW 29A.24.171 and 29A.24.181 have passed, no candidate has filed for any single city, town, or district position to be filled, the election for such position shall be deemed […]
RCW 29A.24.220 Void in candidacy for water-sewer districts—Fewer than one hundred residents. A void in candidacy in a water-sewer district with fewer than one hundred residents may be filled in accordance with RCW 57.12.035. [ 2007 c 383 § 2.]
