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Clerk 09/03/2013
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AN ORDINANCE related to annual precinct alterations and making proposed precinct alterations available to the public; and amending Ordinance 884, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 1.12.010.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. RCW 29A.16.040 and K.C.C. 1.12.010 require that King County annually adjust precinct boundaries to reflect changes in municipal boundaries, to equalize the number of voters across precincts and to ease the administration of elections and for voter convenience.
2. RCW 29A.16.040 requires that counties adopt adjusted precinct boundaries by May 1 of each year.
3. K.C.C 1.12.010 requires that the proposed changes to precinct boundaries be transmitted to the council 30 days before the statutory deadline.
4. It is in the public interest that voters and the political parties have an opportunity to review the proposed adjustments to precinct boundaries before they are transmitted to the council, and that there be sufficient time for voters and the political parties to provide comments on the proposed changes.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Ordinance 884, Section 1, and K.C.C. 1.12.010 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
A. The voting precincts of King County are hereby established pursuant to state law and shall be as described in the attachments to this section which are hereby adopted, and which shall be retained officially on file in the department of elections ((division)).
B. An alphanumeric system of identifying voting precincts using a combination of letters and numbers shall be established throughout King County. Those precincts located in unincorporated areas of the county which presently have names shall retain them for public purposes in addition to the alphanumeric designation. Names shall be given only to those new precincts in unincorporated areas of the county which are created from portions of existing named precincts.
C. Precincts shall be divid...
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