RCW 29A.24.201
Lapse of election when no filing for single positions—Effect.
If after both the normal filing period and special three-day filing period as provided by RCW 29A.24.171 and 29A.24.181 have passed, no candidate has filed for any single city, town, or district position to be filled, the election for such position shall be deemed lapsed, the office deemed stricken from the ballot and no write-in votes counted. In such instance, the incumbent occupying such position shall remain in office and continue to serve until a successor is elected at the next election when such positions are voted upon.
[ 2004 c 271 § 190.]
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.