File #: 2005-0349    Version: 1
Type: Motion Status: Lapsed
File created: 8/22/2005 In control: Committee of the Whole
On agenda: Final action: 2/6/2006
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Title: A MOTION adopting an Elections State Legislative Agenda for the 2006 legislative session, related to election reform actions that must be taken by the state, based on the recommendations from the King County independent task force on elections.
Sponsors: Carolyn Edmonds
Indexes: Elections, Legislature, Records and Elections
Attachments: 1. 2005-0349 Transmittal Letter.doc, 2. A. King County 2006 Elections Legislative Agenda
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Clerk 08/12/2005
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A MOTION adopting an Elections State Legislative Agenda for the 2006 legislative session, related to election reform actions that must be taken by the state, based on the recommendations from the King County independent task force on elections.
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WHEREAS, King County executive Ron Sims appointed the King County independent task force on elections ("the task force") in April 2005 and charged them with developing short and long-term recommendations that would have a meaningful and enduring positive impact on the elections process in King County, and
WHEREAS, the King County independent task force on elections consisted of people with diverse backgrounds, interests, training and political perspectives and included several widely respected elections professionals including:
1. Cheryl Scott, Former President and Chief Executive Officer, Group Health;
2. Patricia Aitken (Retired Superior Court Judge), Arbitrator/Mediator, Judicial Arbitration and Medication Services;
3. David Boerner, Associate Professor of Law, Seattle University;
4. Philip Eaton, President, Seattle Pacific University;
5. Nick Handy, Director of Elections, State of Washington;
6. Susan Hutchison, Executive Director, Charles Simonyi Fund for Arts and Sciences;
7. Joe Knight, Dean, University of Washington School of Law;
8. John Lindback, Elections Director, State of Oregon;
9. Suzanne Sinclair, Auditor, Island County; and
10. Stephen Sundborg, President, Seattle University, and
WHEREAS, the ultimate goal of the task force is, to restore public trust in King County's elections system not only by improving it, but by building a secure foundation for King County to have a model elections system for the nation, and
WHEREAS, Task Force members devoted hundreds of hours of time to their work, providing thoughtful examination of the issues, and a frank, candid assessment of the challenges the elections division faces that resu...

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