File #: 2005-0286    Version: 1
Type: Motion Status: Passed
File created: 6/27/2005 In control: Labor, Operations and Technology Committee
On agenda: Final action: 7/11/2005
Enactment date: Enactment #: 12157
Title: A MOTION authorizing the production of a video voters' guide for the 2005 countywide primary and general election.
Sponsors: Jane Hague, Kathy Lambert
Indexes: Elections, Records and Elections
Attachments: 1. Motion 12157.pdf, 2. 2005-0286 Attachment to Transmittal Letter--Administrative Rules--2005 Video Voters' Guide Rules for Participation.pdf, 3. 2005-0286 Staff Report Video Voters Guide.doc, 4. 2005-0286 Transmittal Letter.doc, 5. A. 2005 Video Voters' Guide Expense Estimate
Drafter
Clerk 06/16/2005
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A MOTION authorizing the production of a video voters' guide for the 2005 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 2003 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 2005 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 20, 2005, county primary and for the November 8, 2005, 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 manager of the King County records, elections and licensing services division and the executive director of the Seattle Ethics and Elections...

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