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Clerk 08/22/24
Title
AN ORDINANCE relating to the citizens' elections oversight committee; and amending Ordinance 15453, Section 3, as amended, and K.C.C.2.53.021 and adding a new section to K.C.C. chapter 2.16.
Body
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
NEW SECTION. SECTION 1. There is hereby added to K.C.C. chapter 2.16, a new section to read as follows:
A. At least twenty-eight days before any election, the department of elections shall request from the citizens' elections oversight committee a list of committee members designated as observers.
B. At least a reasonable time before any election, the department of elections shall notify the citizens' elections oversight committee of when ballot processing will begin and shall request observers from the committee for the processing of ballots at the counting center. The absence of observers from the committee will not prevent the processing of ballots.
C. The department of elections shall notify the citizens' elections oversight committee of opportunities to observe official logic and accuracy tests for each vote tallying system to be used at elections.
D. The department of elections shall notify the citizens' elections oversight committee of opportunities to observe recounts.
SECTION 2. Ordinance 15453, Section 3, as amended, and K.C.C.2.53.021 are hereby amended to read as follows:
A. Committee membership shall include:
1. One representative ((from)) sponsored by a nonpartisan organization active in King County that evaluates candidates and ballot measures, such as the Municipal League;
2. One representative ((from)) sponsored by a nonpartisan organization active in King County that provides elections information to the public, such as the League of Women Voters;
3. One representative from the disability community;
4. One ((jurisdictional)) representative ((from)) sponsored by either a junior taxing district or a city with a population of under twenty ...

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