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Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-100 - Special assessments for natural resource conservation › Section 135-100-230 - Conservation district to inform landowners

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The conservation district should make reasonable efforts to
				inform landowners with lands to be assessed how their assessment was
				calculated.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  89.08.040 and
				  89.08.070. 07-10-071, §
										135-100-230, filed 5/1/07,
				  effective 6/1/07.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-100 - Special assessments for natural resource conservation › Section 135-100-240 - Landowners may petition the county to object

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Landowners with lands to be subject to the special assessments
				may object to the assessment by petitioning the county legislative authority.
				The petition must be signed by at least twenty percent of the owners of land
				that would be subject to the special assessments.
The petition must be filed with the county legislative
				authority on or before the close of business on the fourteenth day of December
				in the year the county approves the special assessment.
If a petition meeting these requirements is filed, the county
				may not spread or collect the assessment in the following year, and may not
				spread or collect the assessment until the county legislative authority acts
				upon the petition.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  89.08.040 and
				  89.08.070. 07-10-071, §
										135-100-240, filed 5/1/07,
				  effective 6/1/07.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-100 - Special assessments for natural resource conservation › Section 135-100-250 - Renewal of assessment

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Renewal of a conservation district special assessment must meet
				the same requirements as for a newly proposed assessment.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  89.08.040 and
				  89.08.070. 07-10-071, §
										135-100-250, filed 5/1/07,
				  effective 6/1/07.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-110 - Election and replacement of conservation district supervisors › GENERAL › Section 135-110-100 - Purpose and authority

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This rule provides direction for the election and replacement
				  of conservation district supervisors in the state of Washington as authorized
				  by RCW
				    89.08.190 and
				  89.08.200.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 89.08.040,
					 89.08.190, and
					 89.08.200. 10-21-084, §
											135-110-100, filed 10/19/10,
					 effective 11/19/10.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-110 - Election and replacement of conservation district supervisors › GENERAL › Section 135-110-120 - Compliance

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Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					   89.08.040,
					 89.08.190, and
					 89.08.200. 10-21-084, §
											135-110-120, filed 10/19/10,
					 effective 11/19/10.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-110 - Election and replacement of conservation district supervisors › GENERAL › Section 135-110-130 - Documents provided to conservation commission to be copies

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(1) All election
				forms and documents submitted to the conservation commission must be copies.
				Original documents must remain in the care and custody of the conservation
				district.
(2) The conservation
				commission may inspect original documents upon request.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 89.08.040,
					 89.08.190, and
					 89.08.200. 10-21-084, §
											135-110-130, filed 10/19/10,
					 effective 11/19/10.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-110 - Election and replacement of conservation district supervisors › GENERAL › Section 135-110-140 - Records retention

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(1)
				Unissued or undeliverable ballots must be retained for ten days after the
				election is certified and the official results announced, and then may be
				destroyed.
(2) All ballots
				submitted by voters, and all candidate filing records (including candidate
				information, verification of eligibility, and withdrawals of candidacy), must
				be retained for twelve months after the election is certified and the official
				results announced, and then may be destroyed.
(3) The conservation commission shall abide
				by the records retention schedule as set out for conservation district
				elections in the local government common records retention schedule (CORE), as
				established by the office of the secretary of state, Washington state archives,
				and its own records retention policy.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					   89.08.040,
					 89.08.190, and
					 89.08.200. 10-21-084, §
											135-110-140, filed 10/19/10,
					 effective 11/19/10.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-110 - Election and replacement of conservation district supervisors › GENERAL › Section 135-110-150 - Conservation district must remain impartial

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No conservation district supervisors, municipal officers or
				  employees may adopt or state an official position about any candidate that
				  promotes, or is prejudicial to, a candidate.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 89.08.040,
					 89.08.190, and
					 89.08.200. 10-21-084, §
											135-110-150, filed 10/19/10,
					 effective 11/19/10.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-110 - Election and replacement of conservation district supervisors › GENERAL › Section 135-110-160 - Legal boundaries of conservation district to be available

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The election supervisor and polling officer(s) must be able
				  to produce the legal boundary of the conservation district to any person at a
				  physical poll site or at the conservation district office.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 89.08.040,
					 89.08.190, and
					 89.08.200. 10-21-084, §
											135-110-160, filed 10/19/10,
					 effective 11/19/10.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-110 - Election and replacement of conservation district supervisors › GENERAL › Section 135-110-170 - Only one ballot per voter may be counted

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In the event more than one ballot is submitted by a voter,
				  the first ballot tallied is the only vote counted. Any subsequent ballots from
				  the same voter will be disqualified and must not be counted.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 89.08.040,
					 89.08.190, and
					 89.08.200. 10-21-084, §
											135-110-170, filed 10/19/10,
					 effective 11/19/10.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-110 - Election and replacement of conservation district supervisors › GENERAL › Section 135-110-180 - Disruptive acts prohibited

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(1)
				Behavior at the physical polling site that disrupts or interferes with the
				election of conservation district supervisors is prohibited.
(2) A conservation district supervisor,
				polling officer, or election supervisor may require disruptive persons to leave
				a physical poll-site election. Such disruptive persons must remain at least
				three hundred feet away from the polling place or facility where official
				election functions are being performed.
(3) A conservation district supervisor,
				polling officer, or election supervisor may enlist the aid of law enforcement
				personnel to assist in identifying disruptive persons and preventing such
				persons from disrupting or interfering with any election processes at the
				physical polling site.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					   89.08.040,
					 89.08.190, and
					 89.08.200. 10-21-084, §
											135-110-180, filed 10/19/10,
					 effective 11/19/10.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-110 - Election and replacement of conservation district supervisors › ESTABLISHING ELECTION, PROVIDING NOTICE › Section 135-110-200 - Conservation district must hold election

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A conservation district must hold an election during January,
				  February, or March in the year a three-year term of an elected supervisor
				  expires.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					   89.08.040,
					 89.08.190, and
					 89.08.200. 10-21-084, §
											135-110-200, filed 10/19/10,
					 effective 11/19/10.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-110 - Election and replacement of conservation district supervisors › ESTABLISHING ELECTION, PROVIDING NOTICE › Section 135-110-210 - Conservation district must adopt election resolution

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(1) Each year the conservation district board
				shall adopt a resolution establishing the election.
(2) The election resolution adopted by the
				conservation district supervisors must include the following information:
(a) The name of the conservation
				district;
(b) For a poll site
				election, the date(s), the physical location(s), and the times polls will open
				and close for each polling place;
(c) The election methods selected for the
				election;
(d) A list showing the
				name of each elected and appointed conservation district supervisor with a term
				expiring in the election and appointment cycle covered by the
				resolution;
(e) The filing deadline
				for candidates as set out in WAC
				135-110-330;
(f) Identification of an individual appointed
				by the conservation district to fulfill the duties of election supervisor;
(g) The dated signature of at
				least one conservation district supervisor attesting to this information;
				and
(h) A reasonable deadline for
				voters to request a ballot.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-110 - Election and replacement of conservation district supervisors › ESTABLISHING ELECTION, PROVIDING NOTICE › Section 135-110-220 - Due notice required before and after election resolution

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(1) Not later than seven days following the
				conservation district's adoption of the election resolution, due notice
				containing all election information in the resolution must be published, using
				the filing deadline as the date for determining compliance with due notice
				requirements.
(2) If a conservation
				district adopts a standing resolution establishing a repeating annual election
				schedule, due notice of expiring terms and the filing deadline must be provided
				to constituents, using the filing deadline as the date for determining
				compliance with due notice requirements.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					   89.08.040,
					 89.08.190, and
					 89.08.200. 10-21-084, §
											135-110-220, filed 10/19/10,
					 effective 11/19/10.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-110 - Election and replacement of conservation district supervisors › ESTABLISHING ELECTION, PROVIDING NOTICE › Section 135-110-230 - Conservation district appoints election supervisor

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(1) The conservation district supervisors
				must appoint a person or firm as the election supervisor.
(2) The election supervisor:
(a) Serves as the primary point of contact
				between the conservation district and the conservation commission for the
				conservation district election;
(b)
				Organizes, coordinates, and facilitates election-related activities of the
				conservation district;
(c) Assures
				that required election procedures are properly conducted;
(d) Assures that required information is
				properly transmitted to the conservation commission; and
(e) Shall be trained in election policy and
				procedure as per conservation commission requirements.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-110 - Election and replacement of conservation district supervisors › ESTABLISHING ELECTION, PROVIDING NOTICE › Section 135-110-240 - Election may be on-site, remote, or both

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(1) The conservation district supervisors
				must choose the method of the election using physical poll sites, or by remote
				methods, or by any combination of these methods that assures fair treatment of
				candidates and voters, provides privacy in voting, and complies with all other
				parts of this rule.
(2) Every
				physical poll site must be open for at least four consecutive hours at a time
				convenient for voters, and every physical poll site must have at least two
				polling officers present during the hours the polls are open.
(3) Ballots submitted by mail must be
				postmarked no later than the day of the election, or the last day if multiple
				election days. Ballots submitted by physical delivery must be received at the
				district office by the announced final polling time of the day of election, or
				the last day if multiple election days. Remote ballots transmitted by any other
				means must be transmitted by the last day of election.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					   89.08.040,
					 89.08.190, and
					 89.08.200. 10-21-084, §
											135-110-240, filed 10/19/10,
					 effective 11/19/10.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-110 - Election and replacement of conservation district supervisors › ESTABLISHING ELECTION, PROVIDING NOTICE › Section 135-110-250 - Voting must be accessible

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Disabled voters must be offered a voting method accessible to
				  them.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 89.08.040,
					 89.08.190, and
					 89.08.200. 10-21-084, §
											135-110-250, filed 10/19/10,
					 effective 11/19/10.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-110 - Election and replacement of conservation district supervisors › CANDIDATE ELIGIBILITY, FILING, NOMINATION, VERIFICATION, WITHDRAWAL › Section 135-110-300 - Every candidate must be a qualified district elector

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A candidate for election to the office of conservation
				  district supervisor must be a qualified district elector at the time of
				  filing.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 89.08.040,
					 89.08.190, and
					 89.08.200. 10-21-084, §
											135-110-300, filed 10/19/10,
					 effective 11/19/10.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-110 - Election and replacement of conservation district supervisors › CANDIDATE ELIGIBILITY, FILING, NOMINATION, VERIFICATION, WITHDRAWAL › Section 135-110-310 - Some candidates must be landowners or farm operators

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RCW   89.08.160 requires two of the
				  three elected supervisors to be landowners or operators of a farm. If the
				  election of a candidate would cause a conservation district board of
				  supervisors to contain fewer than two elected supervisors who are landowners or
				  farm operators, the candidate is not eligible to be elected.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 89.08.040,
					 89.08.190, and
					 89.08.200. 10-21-084, §
											135-110-310, filed 10/19/10,
					 effective 11/19/10.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-110 - Election and replacement of conservation district supervisors › CANDIDATE ELIGIBILITY, FILING, NOMINATION, VERIFICATION, WITHDRAWAL › Section 135-110-320 - Submission of candidate information required to be elected

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(1) Information to
				be submitted to the conservation district by a person seeking to be a candidate
				for election must include:
(a) The name of the
				conservation district;
(b) The
				person's name, residential address, mailing address (if different), and phone
				number;
(c) Whether the person is a
				registered voter in the county where the conservation district is
				located;
(d) Whether the person
				resides inside the conservation district boundary;
(e) Whether the person is a landowner or an
				operator of a farm; and
(f) The
				dated signature of the person attesting to the accuracy of the information so
				provided.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-110 - Election and replacement of conservation district supervisors › CANDIDATE ELIGIBILITY, FILING, NOMINATION, VERIFICATION, WITHDRAWAL › Section 135-110-330 - Filing deadline

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The filing deadline for candidates is set by the district
				  board and shall be, at a minimum, not less than four weeks before election
				  day.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					   89.08.040,
					 89.08.190, and
					 89.08.200. 10-21-084, §
											135-110-330, filed 10/19/10,
					 effective 11/19/10.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-110 - Election and replacement of conservation district supervisors › CANDIDATE ELIGIBILITY, FILING, NOMINATION, VERIFICATION, WITHDRAWAL › Section 135-110-340 - Only nominated candidates may appear on official ballot

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Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					   89.08.040,
					 89.08.190, and
					 89.08.200. 10-21-084, §
											135-110-340, filed 10/19/10,
					 effective 11/19/10.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-110 - Election and replacement of conservation district supervisors › CANDIDATE ELIGIBILITY, FILING, NOMINATION, VERIFICATION, WITHDRAWAL › Section 135-110-350 - Types of candidacy

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(1) A
				declared candidate is a qualified district elector who has submitted candidate
				required information to the conservation district by the filing
				deadline.
(2) A write-in candidate
				is a person who has not submitted candidate required information to the
				conservation district by the filing deadline.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					   89.08.040,
					 89.08.190, and
					 89.08.200. 10-21-084, §
											135-110-350, filed 10/19/10,
					 effective 11/19/10.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-110 - Election and replacement of conservation district supervisors › CANDIDATE ELIGIBILITY, FILING, NOMINATION, VERIFICATION, WITHDRAWAL › Section 135-110-355 - Election supervisor must verify candidate eligibility

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(1) The election supervisor must verify the
				eligibility of each person who submits candidate information required by WAC
				135-110-320.
				The election supervisor may call upon the county auditor or the conservation
				commission for assistance in verifying eligibility.
(2) For a candidate to be eligible, the
				election supervisor must make a determination that:
(a) The name of the person who filed
				candidate information is the correct legal name of the individual;
(b) That the person submitted candidate
				information by the filing deadline;
(c) That the person was a qualified district
				elector on the day of filing; and
(d) That at least two of the three elected
				conservation district supervisors on the conservation district board of
				supervisors will be landowners or operators of farms if the person is
				elected.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-110 - Election and replacement of conservation district supervisors › CANDIDATE ELIGIBILITY, FILING, NOMINATION, VERIFICATION, WITHDRAWAL › Section 135-110-360 - A write-in candidate may be elected if no eligible person files

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(1) If the election
				supervisor finds ineligible all persons who filed, then only write-in
				candidates may be elected.
(2) The
				write-in candidate, deemed the unofficial winner, must submit required
				candidate information to the conservation district within twenty-eight calendar
				days following the first date of election, and the election supervisor must
				verify the eligibility of the unofficial winner to be elected and to
				serve.
(3) If the conservation
				district is unable to verify eligibility of the unofficial winner within
				twenty-eight calendar days of the election, the unofficial winner is
				disqualified. The person receiving the next highest vote count must then submit
				required candidate information and the conservation district must verify his or
				her eligibility as described above.
(4) If the write-in candidate who is the
				unofficial winner is found ineligible and no other persons received votes, the
				provisions of WAC
				135-110-740
				shall apply.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					   89.08.040,
					 89.08.190, and
					 89.08.200. 10-21-084, §
											135-110-360, filed 10/19/10,
					 effective 11/19/10.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-110 - Election and replacement of conservation district supervisors › CANDIDATE ELIGIBILITY, FILING, NOMINATION, VERIFICATION, WITHDRAWAL › Section 135-110-370 - Incumbent automatically reelected if no other person files

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Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					   89.08.040,
					 89.08.190, and
					 89.08.200. 10-21-084, §
											135-110-370, filed 10/19/10,
					 effective 11/19/10.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-110 - Election and replacement of conservation district supervisors › CANDIDATE ELIGIBILITY, FILING, NOMINATION, VERIFICATION, WITHDRAWAL › Section 135-110-380 - Candidate may withdraw candidacy in writing

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(1) Before election day, a candidate may
				withdraw his or her candidacy by submitting a written request to the
				conservation district.
(2) A person
				who withdraws his or her candidacy is not eligible to be elected in the current
				election.
(3) If a person withdraws
				his or her candidacy, the conservation district is not required to revise
				official ballots.
(4) In the event
				that some, but not all candidates withdraw, the unofficial winner of the
				election will be the remaining eligible candidate receiving the highest vote
				count after all the votes are tallied for each candidate, including those
				candidates who have withdrawn but remain on the ballot as per subsection (3) of
				this section.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					   89.08.040,
					 89.08.190, and
					 89.08.200. 10-21-084, §
											135-110-380, filed 10/19/10,
					 effective 11/19/10.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-110 - Election and replacement of conservation district supervisors › CANDIDATE ELIGIBILITY, FILING, NOMINATION, VERIFICATION, WITHDRAWAL › Section 135-110-385 - Effect of votes cast for withdrawn, deceased, or ineligible candidate

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(1) If the name of
				a deceased, withdrawn, or ineligible candidate appears on the ballot under this
				chapter, the votes cast for the candidate shall be counted and entered on the
				official election returns in the same manner as for the other
				candidates.
(2) If the deceased,
				withdrawn, or ineligible candidate receives the vote required for election, the
				resulting vacancy shall be filled in the regular manner.
(3) If the deceased, withdrawn, or ineligible
				candidate and another candidate tie for the most votes in an election in which
				a plurality vote is sufficient for election, the other candidate is considered
				to be elected. If more than one other candidate is tied with the deceased,
				withdrawn, or ineligible candidate, the winner of the election shall be
				determined by resolving the tie between the other candidates in the regular
				manner for resolving a tie vote in the election as set out in WAC
				135-110-730.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-110 - Election and replacement of conservation district supervisors › PREPARING FOR ELECTION DAY, BALLOTING, POLLING OFFICERS › Section 135-110-400 - Conservation district to obtain list of registered voters

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By the first election day, the conservation district must
				  obtain a current list of registered voters from the county auditor for all
				  territory within the conservation district boundary.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 89.08.040,
					 89.08.190, and
					 89.08.200. 10-21-084, §
											135-110-400, filed 10/19/10,
					 effective 11/19/10.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-110 - Election and replacement of conservation district supervisors › PREPARING FOR ELECTION DAY, BALLOTING, POLLING OFFICERS › Section 135-110-410 - Conservation district must set deadline for requesting ballots be mailed or sent

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To provide sufficient time for voters to obtain and return
				  ballots to the conservation district, the conservation district must set a
				  reasonable deadline for voters to request a ballot be sent or mailed to
				  them.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					   89.08.040,
					 89.08.190, and
					 89.08.200. 10-21-084, §
											135-110-410, filed 10/19/10,
					 effective 11/19/10.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-110 - Election and replacement of conservation district supervisors › PREPARING FOR ELECTION DAY, BALLOTING, POLLING OFFICERS › Section 135-110-420 - Conservation district must not use certain lists

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If a conservation district provides unrequested ballots to a
				  population that is less than all the eligible voters within the conservation
				  district boundary, the conservation district must not use lists obtained from
				  an individual conservation district supervisor or employee, nor from any
				  candidate, nor from any trade, company, church, union, fraternal or other
				  organization.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 89.08.040,
					 89.08.190, and
					 89.08.200. 10-21-084, §
											135-110-420, filed 10/19/10,
					 effective 11/19/10.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-110 - Election and replacement of conservation district supervisors › PREPARING FOR ELECTION DAY, BALLOTING, POLLING OFFICERS › Section 135-110-430 - Conservation district may publish candidate-provided optional information

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(1) To assist
				voters in the selection of a candidate during voting, a conservation district
				may publish candidate optional information provided by candidates.
(2) If a conservation district chooses to
				publish information about candidates, it must provide equal opportunity for
				publication and equivalent space to each candidate.
(3) Candidate information provided by
				candidates and published by the conservation district may be mailed or
				delivered to voters before election day, but may not be provided to voters at
				poll sites on election day.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					   89.08.040,
					 89.08.190, and
					 89.08.200. 10-21-084, §
											135-110-430, filed 10/19/10,
					 effective 11/19/10.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-110 - Election and replacement of conservation district supervisors › PREPARING FOR ELECTION DAY, BALLOTING, POLLING OFFICERS › Section 135-110-440 - Employees and municipal officers of district must not be polling officers

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A conservation district supervisor, employee, intern or
				  municipal officer may not serve as a polling officer in the conservation
				  district election, unless the person is the election supervisor appointed by
				  the conservation district supervisors. Conservation commission employees cannot
				  serve as polling officers.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					   89.08.040,
					 89.08.190, and
					 89.08.200. 10-21-084, §
											135-110-440, filed 10/19/10,
					 effective 11/19/10.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-110 - Election and replacement of conservation district supervisors › PREPARING FOR ELECTION DAY, BALLOTING, POLLING OFFICERS › Section 135-110-450 - Polling officers monitor poll-site activities

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(1) During a poll-site election, polling
				officers must monitor the voting place for compliance with this section, and
				also serve as guardians of all issued and unissued ballots, under the
				supervision and direction of the election supervisor.
(2) If the election supervisor is present,
				the election supervisor may also perform these functions as described in WAC
				135-110-470.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 89.08.040,
					 89.08.190, and
					 89.08.200. 10-21-084, §
											135-110-450, filed 10/19/10,
					 effective 11/19/10.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-110 - Election and replacement of conservation district supervisors › PREPARING FOR ELECTION DAY, BALLOTING, POLLING OFFICERS › Section 135-110-460 - Polling officers verify voters, issue ballots and count votes

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(1) A polling
				officer must verify a voter is a qualified district elector before issuing a
				ballot to the voter. If a polling officer cannot verify a voter is a qualified
				district elector before a ballot is issued, a provisional ballot shall be
				issued to the voter.
(2) At a
				poll-site election, at least two polling officers must be present and in
				control of the ballot box(es) at all times while the polls are open.
(3) At a poll-site election, a provisional
				ballot must be issued if the voter's eligibility to vote cannot be determined
				during polling. A voter whose eligibility cannot be determined may only vote on
				a provisional ballot.
(4) Polling
				officers count votes cast by voters.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					   89.08.040,
					 89.08.190, and
					 89.08.200. 10-21-084, §
											135-110-460, filed 10/19/10,
					 effective 11/19/10.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-110 - Election and replacement of conservation district supervisors › PREPARING FOR ELECTION DAY, BALLOTING, POLLING OFFICERS › Section 135-110-470 - Election supervisor may perform polling officer duties

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Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					   89.08.040,
					 89.08.190, and
					 89.08.200. 10-21-084, §
											135-110-470, filed 10/19/10,
					 effective 11/19/10.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-110 - Election and replacement of conservation district supervisors › BALLOTS, VOTING, POLL SITES, MAIL-IN ELECTIONS › Section 135-110-500 - Conservation district must create official ballot

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(1) A conservation district must create a
				ballot and provide a ballot to each person who requests a ballot to vote in the
				conservation district election.
(2)
				The official ballot must:
(a) List the name of
				each candidate the conservation district has verified as eligible;
(b) List names on the ballot in alphabetical
				order by last name, from top to bottom, with an empty checkbox or blank space
				next to each candidate's name; and
(c) Contain at least one blank line where a
				voter can enter the name of a write-in candidate.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-110 - Election and replacement of conservation district supervisors › BALLOTS, VOTING, POLL SITES, MAIL-IN ELECTIONS › Section 135-110-515 - Conservation district must make ballots available

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Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					   89.08.040,
					 89.08.190, and
					 89.08.200. 10-21-084, §
											135-110-515, filed 10/19/10,
					 effective 11/19/10.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-110 - Election and replacement of conservation district supervisors › BALLOTS, VOTING, POLL SITES, MAIL-IN ELECTIONS › Section 135-110-520 - Ballots must be provided on request

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(1) Ballots must be provided to eligible
				voters upon request, and voters need not provide proof of any special condition
				to obtain a ballot.
(2) Ballots may
				be returned to the conservation district by mail, by personal delivery, or by
				electronic means previously approved by the election supervisor.
(3) Ballot may be provided electronically if
				a suitable means of determining voter eligibility and preventing voter fraud
				are utilized.
(4) At a poll-site
				election, a provisional ballot shall be provided to any individual wishing to
				vote when the individual cannot be verified as eligible to vote prior to the
				issuance of a ballot.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					   89.08.040,
					 89.08.190, and
					 89.08.200. 10-21-084, §
											135-110-520, filed 10/19/10,
					 effective 11/19/10.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-110 - Election and replacement of conservation district supervisors › BALLOTS, VOTING, POLL SITES, MAIL-IN ELECTIONS › Section 135-110-530 - Provisional ballots must be provided when voter eligibility is in question

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Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					   89.08.040,
					 89.08.190, and
					 89.08.200. 10-21-084, §
											135-110-530, filed 10/19/10,
					 effective 11/19/10.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-110 - Election and replacement of conservation district supervisors › BALLOTS, VOTING, POLL SITES, MAIL-IN ELECTIONS › Section 135-110-540 - Functional equivalent of paper ballot required

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Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					   89.08.040,
					 89.08.190, and
					 89.08.200. 10-21-084, §
											135-110-540, filed 10/19/10,
					 effective 11/19/10.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-110 - Election and replacement of conservation district supervisors › BALLOTS, VOTING, POLL SITES, MAIL-IN ELECTIONS › Section 135-110-550 - Poll lists must be used

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(1) In
				every conservation district election, the conservation district must create a
				record of who has submitted a ballot and whether the person was found eligible
				or ineligible to vote.
(2) Each
				poll list must contain:
(a) The name of the
				conservation district;
(b) Whether
				the poll list is for a poll-site or mail-in election, and if a poll-site
				election, the location of the poll site and the date of polling must be
				specified;
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-110 - Election and replacement of conservation district supervisors › BALLOTS, VOTING, POLL SITES, MAIL-IN ELECTIONS › Section 135-110-560 - Ballot security

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Ballots cast must use a double-envelope paper balloting
				  system, in which:
(1) The voter places
				the completed ballot inside the inner envelope;
(2) The inner envelope is sealed to prevent
				tampering;
(3) No personally
				identifying marks are to be placed on the inner envelope;
(4) The inner envelope containing the
				completed ballot is placed in the outer envelope;
(5) The voter provides sufficient identifying
				information on, or inserted into, the outer envelope to allow polling officers
				to verify the eligibility of the voter;
(6) For electronic voting, the functional
				equivalent of a paper ballot shall be used to assure security; and
(7) The provisions listed above shall not
				apply to a ballot cast during a poll-site election by an individual that has
				been verified to be eligible to vote in the election.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					   89.08.040,
					 89.08.190, and
					 89.08.200. 10-21-084, §
											135-110-560, filed 10/19/10,
					 effective 11/19/10.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-110 - Election and replacement of conservation district supervisors › BALLOTS, VOTING, POLL SITES, MAIL-IN ELECTIONS › Section 135-110-570 - Election supervisor safeguards ballots

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Ballots cast are to be received and safeguarded by the
				  election supervisor.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					   89.08.040,
					 89.08.190, and
					 89.08.200. 10-21-084, §
											135-110-570, filed 10/19/10,
					 effective 11/19/10.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-110 - Election and replacement of conservation district supervisors › BALLOTS, VOTING, POLL SITES, MAIL-IN ELECTIONS › Section 135-110-580 - Poll sites must be accessible

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Every poll site shall be accessible, as described in
				  RCW
				    29A.40.160(5).
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					   89.08.040,
					 89.08.190, and
					 89.08.200. 10-21-084, §
											135-110-580, filed 10/19/10,
					 effective 11/19/10.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-110 - Election and replacement of conservation district supervisors › ELECTION DAY › Section 135-110-600 - Electioneering prohibited at poll sites

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(1) On election day, information provided by
				candidates may not be provided to voters within three hundred feet of the poll
				site.
(2) Candidate required
				information shall not be publicly posted at the poll site or poll
				sites.
(3) Candidate optional
				information shall not be publicly posted at the poll site or poll
				sites.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					   89.08.040,
					 89.08.190, and
					 89.08.200. 10-21-084, §
											135-110-600, filed 10/19/10,
					 effective 11/19/10.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-110 - Election and replacement of conservation district supervisors › ELECTION DAY › Section 135-110-610 - Voter eligibility shall be verified before a ballot is counted

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Every ballot must be verified as being cast by or returned
				  by a qualified district elector before the ballot is counted.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					   89.08.040,
					 89.08.190, and
					 89.08.200. 10-21-084, §
											135-110-610, filed 10/19/10,
					 effective 11/19/10.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-110 - Election and replacement of conservation district supervisors › ELECTION DAY › Section 135-110-620 - Conservation district must provide polling officers at each poll site

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The conservation district must provide at least two polling
				  officers at each poll site, except the election supervisor or their designee
				  may substitute for one polling officer at one poll site.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					   89.08.040,
					 89.08.190, and
					 89.08.200. 10-21-084, §
											135-110-620, filed 10/19/10,
					 effective 11/19/10.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-110 - Election and replacement of conservation district supervisors › ELECTION DAY › Section 135-110-630 - Each poll site must have ballot box and signage

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(1) Each poll site must have at least one
				ballot box.
(2) Each poll site must
				be conspicuously identified to voters as the place to vote.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 89.08.040,
					 89.08.190, and
					 89.08.200. 10-21-084, §
											135-110-630, filed 10/19/10,
					 effective 11/19/10.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-110 - Election and replacement of conservation district supervisors › ELECTION DAY › Section 135-110-640 - Conservation district must assure privacy in voting

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(1) The ballot choice made by a voter must
				not be seen by any other person during the act of voting or the placing of the
				ballot in the ballot box, except in circumstances necessary to allow a disabled
				voter to cast their ballot, as set out in WAC
				135-110-250.
(2) Paper ballots must be placed into ballot
				boxes. Electronic ballots must assure at least the same level of security and
				privacy as provided by paper balloting.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					   89.08.040,
					 89.08.190, and
					 89.08.200. 10-21-084, §
											135-110-640, filed 10/19/10,
					 effective 11/19/10.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-110 - Election and replacement of conservation district supervisors › ELECTION DAY › Section 135-110-650 - Polls to close at published time but may be extended

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(1) The polls must be closed at the published
				time, unless the election supervisor extends the time polls are open, if
				needed, to accommodate voters.
(2)
				Persons waiting in line at a poll site when the polls are scheduled to be
				closed must be allowed to check in and vote.
(3) Poll times may not be less than
				advertised.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					   89.08.040,
					 89.08.190, and
					 89.08.200. 10-21-084, §
											135-110-650, filed 10/19/10,
					 effective 11/19/10.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-110 - Election and replacement of conservation district supervisors › AFTER VOTING CLOSES › Section 135-110-700 - Opening ballots

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(1) Only
				polling officers and the election supervisor may open and count
				ballots.
(2) Ballots must be
				verified as having been submitted by a qualified district elector before the
				outer envelope is opened, and upon verification, the outer envelope must be
				opened and set aside, and the inner envelope placed into the ballot
				box.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					   89.08.040,
					 89.08.190, and
					 89.08.200. 10-21-084, §
											135-110-700, filed 10/19/10,
					 effective 11/19/10.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-110 - Election and replacement of conservation district supervisors › AFTER VOTING CLOSES › Section 135-110-710 - Polling officers to retain custody of ballots until counted

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Ballots cast in a poll-site election shall remain in the
				  custody and control of polling officers until all ballots have been counted and
				  properly tallied.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					   89.08.040,
					 89.08.190, and
					 89.08.200. 10-21-084, §
											135-110-710, filed 10/19/10,
					 effective 11/19/10.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-110 - Election and replacement of conservation district supervisors › AFTER VOTING CLOSES › Section 135-110-720 - Polling officers may announce unofficial results

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(1) Polling officers may announce the
				unofficial results of the election, subject to certification and official
				announcement by the conservation commission.
(2) The unofficial winner is known as the
				supervisor-elect and may not be seated until after the conservation commission
				certifies the election and announces the official winner.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 89.08.040,
					 89.08.190, and
					 89.08.200. 10-21-084, §
											135-110-720, filed 10/19/10,
					 effective 11/19/10.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-110 - Election and replacement of conservation district supervisors › AFTER VOTING CLOSES › Section 135-110-730 - Tie in unofficial election results

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(1) In the case of two or more candidates
				receiving the most votes, and each receives an equal number of votes, polling
				officers must recount the ballots, as directed by the election
				supervisor.
(2) If a tie is
				verified by the recount, the winner of the election must be determined by
				drawing of names as provided under
				RCW
				  29A.60.221 to ensure the drawing is equitable
				to all affected candidates.
(a) If no more
				than two candidates are tied, a coin toss may be used in lieu of drawing names
				to determine the unofficial winner.
(b) A representative of the conservation
				commission must be present for any drawing of names or coin toss.
(c) The candidate whose name is drawn (or who
				wins the coin toss) becomes the supervisor-elect.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-110 - Election and replacement of conservation district supervisors › AFTER VOTING CLOSES › Section 135-110-740 - When no eligible candidate is elected

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When no eligible candidate is elected, the position is
				  deemed vacant and the conservation district may appoint an eligible successor,
				  as per the provisions of WAC
				  135-110-970,
				  following the official announcement by the conservation
				  commission.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					   89.08.040,
					 89.08.190, and
					 89.08.200. 10-21-084, §
											135-110-740, filed 10/19/10,
					 effective 11/19/10.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 135 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 135-110 - Election and replacement of conservation district supervisors › AFTER VOTING CLOSES › Section 135-110-750 - Ballot results must be reported

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(1) The results of balloting must be reported
				to the conservation commission within fourteen days of the election, unless,
				after consultation with the conservation commission, the election supervisor
				determines more time is needed.
(2)
				Ballot results must be reported separately for each poll site, for each mail-in
				or remote election, and for all ballots. If the same poll site is open on more
				than one day, separate reports for each day are required.
(3) Information provided about the election
				must include:
(a) The name of the
				conservation district; and
(b)
				Whether the report is for a specific poll site or for a mail-in election, and
				if for a poll site, the location of the poll site and the date of polling must
				be specified.