King County - File #: 2022-0180

• File #: 2022-0180
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 5/10/2022
• In control: Committee of the Whole
• Final action: 6/28/2022
• Enactment date: 7/18/2022
• Enactment #: 19465
• Title: AN ORDINANCE proposing an amendment to the King County Charter to move elections for certain county offices from odd-numbered to even-numbered years; amending Sections 640, 647 and 650.20 of the King County Charter and repealing Sections 650.40.15, 650.40.25 and 660 of the King County Charter; and submitting the same to the voters of the county for their ratification or rejection at the November 8, 2022, general election.
• Sponsors: Claudia Balducci, Jeanne Kohl-Welles, Girmay Zahilay
• Indexes: Charter, Elections, King County
• Code sections: 640 - , 647 - ., 650.20 - , 650.40.15 - , 650.40.25 - , 660 - .
• Staff: Sherrie Hsu

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/28/2022	1	Metropolitan King County Council	Passed	Pass
6/15/2022	1	Committee of the Whole	Recommended Do Pass	Pass
6/1/2022	1	Committee of the Whole	Deferred
5/10/2022	1	Metropolitan King County Council	Introduced and Referred

Drafter
Clerk 06/03/2022
Title
AN ORDINANCE proposing an amendment to the King County Charter to move elections for certain county offices from odd-numbered to even-numbered years; amending Sections 640, 647 and 650.20 of the King County Charter and repealing Sections 650.40.15, 650.40.25 and 660 of the King County Charter; and submitting the same to the voters of the county for their ratification or rejection at the November 8, 2022, general election.
Body
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. There shall be submitted to the qualified voters of King County for their approval and ratification or rejection, at the November 8, 2022, general election, an amendment to Sections 640, 647 and 650.20 of the King County Charter and a repeal of Sections 650.40.15, 650.40.25 and 660 of the King County Charter, as set forth herein:
Section 640 County Executive and Assessor.
The county executive and county assessor shall be ((nominated and)) elected as nonpartisan offices by the voters of the county. The ((nomination and)) election of the county executive and county assessor shall be held ((every four years as a county general election at the same time as the general election for cities in the county)) at the primary and general elections in 2023 for the county assessor and 2025 for the county executive and then in even-numbered years commencing with the election ((of 1971)) in 2026 for the county assessor and ((with the election of 1973)) in 2028 for the county executive, and every four years thereafter.
Section 647 County Director of Elections, Term of Office and Compensation.
The county director of elections shall be elected as a nonpartisan office by the voters of the county. ((The term of office of the initial county director of elections shall end on December 31, 2011. Subsequent e))Elections for the county director of elections shall occur ((at the general election in 2011 and)) at the primary and general elections in 2023 and then in ...