King County - File #: 2008-0311

• File #: 2008-0311
• Version: 3
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 6/2/2008
• In control: Committee of the Whole
• Final action: 6/9/2008
• Enactment #: 16128
• Title: AN ORDINANCE related to elections; rejecting Initiative 26 and adopting an alternative ordinance to amend the King County Charter to make the offices of King County executive, King County assessor and King County council nonpartisan, to establish the nonpartisan selection of districting committee members, and to allow candidates for the office of King County executive, King County assessor and King County council to state his or her preference for a political party, or not state a preference, to be submitted to the voters at the August 19, 2008, special election; calling a special election for Initiative 26 and this alternative ordinance; amending Section 610 of the King County Charter, Section 640 of the King County Charter, Section 650.20 of the King County Charter, Section 650.30.20 of the King County Charter and Section 680.10 of the King County Charter, repealing Section 620 of the King County Charter; and calling a special election for this ordinance.
• Sponsors: Larry Phillips, Bob Ferguson, Larry Gossett, Julia Patterson, Dow Constantine
• Indexes: Initiative and Referendum, Records and Elections

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/9/2008	1	Committee of the Whole	Amended
6/9/2008	2	Committee of the Whole	Recommended Do Pass Substitute	Pass
6/9/2008	2	Metropolitan King County Council	Hearing Held
6/9/2008	2	Metropolitan King County Council	Passed as Amended	Pass
6/2/2008	1	Metropolitan King County Council	Introduced and Referred

Drafter
Clerk 06/09/2008
Title
AN ORDINANCE related to elections; rejecting Initiative 26 and adopting an alternative ordinance to amend the King County Charter to make the offices of King County executive, King County assessor and King County council nonpartisan, to establish the nonpartisan selection of districting committee members, and to allow candidates for the office of King County executive, King County assessor and King County council to state his or her preference for a political party, or not state a preference, to be submitted to the voters at the August 19, 2008, special election; calling a special election for Initiative 26 and this alternative ordinance; amending Section 610 of the King County Charter, Section 640 of the King County Charter, Section 650.20 of the King County Charter, Section 650.30.20 of the King County Charter and Section 680.10 of the King County Charter, repealing Section 620 of the King County Charter; and calling a special election for this ordinance.
Body
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, King County assessor and King County council nonpartisan and to establish the nonpartisan selection of districting committee members has been proposed ("Initiative 26").
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 2008 general election ballot: Shall the King County Charter be amended to make the offices of King County executive, King County assessor and King County c...