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Clerk 2/15/2007
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AN ORDINANCE relating to precinct balancing and the number of registered voters per individual precinct; and amending Ordinance 884, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 1.12.010.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Ordinance 884, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 1.12.010 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
A. ((Precinct Establishment.)) 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 division of records and elections.
B. ((Precincts Identified.)) An alpha((-))numeric 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 alpha-numeric 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. ((Precinct Revisions.)) Precincts shall be divided, new precincts created, and boundaries of existing precincts altered, as necessary, to implement precinct balancing, and to accommodate the incorporation and annexations of unincorporated county areas into incorporated cities and for the convenience of voters.
D. ((Precinct Balancing.)) In balancing precincts, voting precincts ((shall be constructed so as to consist of between two hundred and four)) may contain as many as nine hundred active registered voters per individual precinct. ((Where necessary to construct a precinct with less than two hundred representation, it shall be noted on the revision proposal and a full explanation of this deviation provided.))
E. ((Revision Approval.)) Proposed revisions to voting precincts, as provided for in this section, shall be submitted to the council for approval by ordinance no later than ((May 1st)) thirty days before the statutory deadline established in RCW 29A.16.040 of the applicable year. The proposal shall include a replacement for the attachments to this section.
F. ((King County District Court Electoral District Boundaries.)) The records and elections division shall submit to the council concurrently with any proposed revisions to voting precincts, proposed revisions to the King County district court electoral district
boundaries which result from the proposed voting precinct revisions, as described in K.C.C. chapter 2.68.