RCW 29A.24.131
Withdrawal of candidacy.
A candidate may withdraw his or her declaration of candidacy at any time before the close of business on the Monday following the last day for candidates to file under RCW 29A.24.050 by filing, with the officer with whom the declaration of candidacy was filed, a signed request that his or her name not be printed on the ballot. There shall be no withdrawal period for declarations of candidacy filed during special filing periods held under this title. No filing fee may be refunded to any candidate who withdraws under this section. Notice of the deadline for withdrawal of candidacy and that the filing fee is not refundable shall be given to each candidate at the time he or she files.
[ 2011 c 349 § 8; 2004 c 271 § 115.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2011 c 349: See note following RCW 29A.04.255.
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 29A.24 - Filing for Office.
29A.24.010 - Officials to designate position numbers, when—Effect.
29A.24.031 - Declaration of candidacy.
29A.24.040 - Declaration of candidacy—Electronic filing.
29A.24.050 - Declaration of candidacy—Certain offices, when filed.
29A.24.060 - Candidates' names—Nicknames.
29A.24.070 - Declaration of candidacy—Where filed—Copy to public disclosure commission.
29A.24.072 - Preservation of declarations of candidacy.
29A.24.075 - Qualifications for filing, appearance on ballot.
29A.24.081 - Declaration—Filing by mail.
29A.24.091 - Declaration—Fees and petitions.
29A.24.101 - Filing fee petition—Form.
29A.24.111 - Petitions—Rejection—Acceptance, canvass of signatures—Judicial review.
29A.24.131 - Withdrawal of candidacy.
29A.24.141 - Void in candidacy.
29A.24.171 - Vacancies in office.
29A.24.181 - Regular filing period—Voids in candidacy.
29A.24.191 - Scheduled election lapses, when.
29A.24.201 - Lapse of election when no filing for single positions—Effect.
29A.24.220 - Void in candidacy for water-sewer districts—Fewer than one hundred residents.
29A.24.311 - Write-in voting—Candidates, declaration.
29A.24.320 - Write-in candidates—Notice to auditors, ballot counters.