HomeMy WebLinkAboutPrecinct Resolution 2022BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
COUNTY OF KITTITAS
STATE OF WASHINGTON
RESOLUTION
NO.: 2022-_________
TO ADOPT VOTING PRECINCT BOUNDARIES WITHIN KITTITAS COUNTY
Whereas: Pursuant to RCW 36.32.020, the Board of County Commissioners must divide
their county into three commissioner districts so each district comprises as nearly
as possible one-third of the population of the county; and
Whereas: Pursuant to RCW 29A.76.010, it is the responsibility of the Board of County
Commissioners to periodically redistrict, based on population information from
the most recent federal decennial census; and
Whereas: The Board of County Commissioners adopted Ordinance No. 2022-002 amending
Kittitas County Code Chapter 1.08 to modify and update County Commissioner
Districts; and
Whereas: The adoption of Ordinance No. 2022-002 removed Voting Precincts from Kittitas
County Code; and
Whereas: Pursuant to RCW 29A.16.050, every election precinct must be wholly within a
single congressional district, a single legislative district, a single district of a
county legislative authority, an, if applicable, a city; and
Whereas: Pursuant to RCW 29A.16.040, election precinct sizes are limited to 1500 active
registered voters or less, and precinct boundaries may be altered any time as long
as sufficient time exists prior to a given election, and precinct boundaries may
also be altered when a city or town annexes unincorporated territory to the city or
town; and
Whereas: Election precinct boundaries must frequently be altered due to population growth
or changes with the County, or due to annexation of territory by a city or town;
and
Whereas: The County Auditor is authorized by RCW 29A.16.040(3) to temporarily adjust
election precinct boundaries as needed to accommodate population growth or
changes within precincts, or to accommodate the addition of territory to a city or
town, and those adjustments are then adopted by the Board of County
Commissioners; and
Whereas: The County Auditor has modified the Voting Precincts within the County.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, pursuant to RCW 29A.16.040, the Board of
County Commissioners do hearby adopt the Kittitas County Voting Precincts as
presented.
BE IT ALSO RESOLVED, the Information Technology Department is charged with
incorporating the Voting Precincts herein authorized on the Kittitas County
webpage.
ADOPTED this 19th day of April 2022, at Ellensburg, Washington.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
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Laura Osiadacz, Chair
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Cory Wright, Vice-Chair
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Brett Wachsmith, Commissioner
ATTEST
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Clerk of the Board