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• Introduced by Sen. Adam Kline, (D-Seattle) (D) on January 23, 2009, provides that if a candidate for municipal court in a contested primary receives a majority of all the votes cast for that office, only the name of that candidate may be printed under the title of the office. A judge appointed to fill a vacancy must run in the next general election to fill the balance of the original term of office.
  • Referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee on January 23, 2009.