Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 29A Elections - Chapter 29A.24 Filing For Office

• 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 ...
• 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 ...
• 29A.24.030 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 ...
• 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 ...
• 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 ...
• 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 ...
• 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 ...
• 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 ...
• 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 ...
• 29A.24.091 Declaration--Fees and petitions
  A filing fee of one dollar shall accompany each declaration of candidacy for precinct committee officer; a filing fee of ten dollars shall accompany the ...
• 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 ...
• 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 ...
• 29A.24.120 Date for withdrawal -- Notice
  Each person who files a declaration of candidacy for an elected office of a city, town, or special district shall be given written notice of ...
• 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 Thursday following the last day ...
• 29A.24.141 Void in candidacy--Exception
  A void in candidacy for a nonpartisan office occurs when an election for such office, except for the short term, has been scheduled and no ...
• 29A.24.151 Notice of void in candidacy
  The election officer with whom declarations of candidacy are filed shall give notice of a void in candidacy for a nonpartisan office, by notifying press, ...
• 29A.24.161 Filings to fill void in candidacy--How made
  Filings to fill a void in candidacy for nonpartisan office must be made in the same manner and with the same official as required during ...
• 29A.24.171 Reopening of filing--Before eleventh Tuesday before primary
  Filings for a nonpartisan office shall be reopened for a period of three normal business days, such three-day period to be fixed by the election ...
• 29A.24.181 Reopening of filing--After eleventh Tuesday before primary
  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 ...
• 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: ...
• 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 ...
• 29A.24.210 Vacancy in partisan elective office -- Special filing period
  Filings for a partisan elective office shall be opened for a period of three normal business days whenever, on or after the first day of ...
• 29A.24.211 Vacancy in partisan elective office -- Special filing period
  Filings for a partisan elective office shall be opened for a period of three normal business days whenever, on or after the first day of ...
• 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 § ...
• 29A.24.311 Write-in voting--Candidates, declaration
  Any person who desires to be a write-in candidate and have such votes counted at a primary or election may file a declaration of candidacy ...
• 29A.24.320 Write-in candidates -- Notice to auditors, ballot counters
  The secretary of state shall notify each county auditor of any declarations filed with the secretary under *RCW 29A.24.310 for offices appearing on the ballot ...

Last modified: April 7, 2009