Chapter 2.36
CANDIDATES FOR OFFICE*

Sections:

2.36.010    Procedures for candidacy.

*For statutory provisions on declarations of candidacy for municipal offices, see RCW 29.21.060.

2.36.010 Procedures for candidacy.

All candidates for elective public office in the town government shall be nominated by filing declarations of candidacy, in such form as provided by the laws of the state, with the town clerk and the county auditor within the time prescribed by state statute. A filing fee of $10.00 shall accompany the declaration of candidacy for any office with an annual salary of $1,000 or less; a filing fee equal to one percent of the annual salary shall accompany the declaration of candidacy for any office with an annual salary of more than $1,000 per year, and no fee may be charged if the office sought is without a fixed annual salary. The fee shall be paid to the county auditor who shall transmit it to the town clerk for deposit in the town treasury as provided in RCW 29.18.050(4). (Ord. 92-12 § 22, 1992).