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Clerk 05/28/2008
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AN ORDINANCE related to elections; expediting transmittal of Initiative 26 to the elections division in order for the initiative to be included in the voters' pamphlet at no incremental cost to the citizens of King County and to avoid the risk that military and overseas ballots will not be mailed on time; and calling a special election for Initiative 26.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. Section 230.50 of the King County Charter specifies a county initiative process whereby the public may propose a county ordinance by filing with the council the required number of signed petitions from registered county voters.
2. A county initiative proposing an amendment to the King County Charter to make the offices of King County executive, King County assessor, and King County council nonpartisan and to establish the nonpartisan selection of districting committee members has been proposed.
3. On December 20, 2007, in accordance with K.C.C. 1.16.050, the King County prosecutor's office prepared a ballot title for the proposed Initiative 26 measure, which is, "This initiative would place the following proposed charter amendment on the November general election ballot: 'Shall the King County Charter be amended to make the offices of King county executive, King county assessor and King county council nonpartisan, and to establish the nonpartisan selection of districting committee members?' Should this initiative be adopted?"
4. On January 2, 2008, in accordance with Section 230.50 of the King County Charter, the clerk of the council approved as to the form the proposed petitions for Initiative 26.
5. On April 1, 2008, there were four thousand six hundred petitions filed for Initiative 26 by the initiative's sponsor with the clerk of the council.
6. On May 14, 2008, the King County elections division director has certified that the number of valid signatures is sufficient for the initiative to be deemed proposed.
7. As Initiative 26...
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