2009 Washington Code
Title 29A - Elections
Chapter 29A.24 - Filing for office.
29A.24.181 - Reopening of filing--Before eleventh Tuesday before general election.

Reopening of filing — Before eleventh Tuesday before general election.

Filings for a nonpartisan office (other than judge of the supreme court or superintendent of public instruction) shall be reopened for a period of three normal business days, such three-day period to be fixed by the election officer with whom such declarations of candidacy are filed and notice thereof given by notifying press, radio, and television in the county and by such other means as may now or hereafter be provided by law, when:

     (1) A void in candidacy for such nonpartisan office occurs on or after the eleventh Tuesday prior to a primary but prior to the eleventh Tuesday before an election; or

     (2) A nominee for judge of the superior court eligible after a contested primary for a certificate of election by Article 4, section 29, Amendment 41 of the state Constitution, dies or is disqualified within the ten-day period immediately following the last day allotted for a candidate to withdraw; or

     (3) A vacancy occurs in any nonpartisan office on or after the eleventh Tuesday prior to a primary but prior to the eleventh Tuesday before an election leaving an unexpired term to be filled by an election for which filings have not been held.

     The candidate receiving a plurality of the votes cast for that office in the general election shall be deemed elected.

[2006 c 344 § 8; 2004 c 271 § 166.]

Notes: Effective date -- 2006 c 344 §§ 1-16 and 18-40: See note following RCW 29A.04.311.

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