File #: 2003-0289    Version: 1
Type: Motion Status: Passed
File created: 6/30/2003 In control: Labor, Operations and Technology Committee
On agenda: Final action: 7/14/2003
Enactment date: Enactment #: 11750
Title: A MOTION authorizing the production of a video voters' guide for the 2003 countywide primary and general election.
Sponsors: Dow Constantine
Indexes: Elections
Attachments: 1. Motion 11750.pdf, 2. 2003-0289 Attachment To Transmittal Letter-King County Administrative Rules.doc, 3. 2003-0289 Staff Report, 4. 2003-0289 Transmittal Letter.doc, 5. A. 2003 Video Voters' Guide Estimated Cost
Drafter
Clerk 06/18/2003
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A MOTION authorizing the production of a video voters' guide for the 2003 countywide primary and general election.
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WHEREAS, King County and the city of Seattle regularly publish and distribute combined voters' pamphlets to inform voters about election candidates, and
WHEREAS, King County and the city of Seattle successfully collaborated in 1993 through 2001 to use video technology to produce video voters' guides to enhance voter education, and
WHEREAS, the primary and general elections to be held in September and November 2003 present once more an opportunity for the county and the city to jointly produce a video voters' guide for certain election candidates;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT MOVED by the Council of King County:
A. King County wishes to join with the city of Seattle in jointly producing a video voters' guide for both the September 16, 2003, county primary and for the November 4, 2003, general election;
B. This project shall be pursued as a joint effort by the King County records, elections and licensing services division, the Seattle ethics and elections commission, the video unit of the King County council (CTV) and the Seattle municipal video channel.
C. The following guidelines shall apply to the production of the video voters' guide:
1. Candidate participation in the guide shall be voluntary and available to all primary and general election candidates in the races for King County government offices, Seattle municipal races, Seattle school district board of directors, the Seattle port commission and the Seattle popular monorail authority;
2. Production and distribution of the guide shall comply to the extent possible with the laws and rules governing printed voter pamphlets. Compliance with these laws and rules shall be the responsibility of the director of the King County records, elections and licensing services division and the executive director of the Seattle ethics and elections...

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