“The more voters participating in our elections, the better. It makes for a stronger democracy, and it makes for a stronger election of elected officials,” said councilmember Jeanne Kohl-Welles during Tuesday’s council meeting.
RENTON, WA - NOVEMBER 03: Unopened ballots await processing at the King County Elections headquarters on November 3, 2020 in Renton, Washington. Washington state is on track to set a record for voter turnout this year. KING COUNTY, Wash. — King County voters will now decide in November whether to move county-level office elections to even-numbered years after a proposal was approved by the King County Council on Tuesday.
The ordinance, sponsored by King County Councilmember Claudia Balducci, proposes an amendment to the King County Charter that would move elections for county executive, county assessor, county director of elections and county councilmembers from odd-numbered to even-numbered years. Officials elected to these positions in 2023 or 2025 would serve a three-year term to allow for voting to move to an even-numbered-year schedule. Subsequently elected officials, starting in 2026 and 2028, would again serve four-year terms.Supporters of the change say that voter turnout is higher and more diverse in even-numbered years.
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