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<br />Summary: Ordinance 2022-002 removed voting precincts from county code and reaffirmed that the <br />Kittitas County Auditor is authorized to adjust voting precinct boundaries as required to bring the <br />precincts into compliance with Chapter 29A.16 RCW <br />RCW 29A.16.040 States: <br />The county legislative authority of each county in the state shall divide the county into election precincts <br />and establish the boundaries of the precincts. <br />(1) Precinct boundaries may be altered at any time as long as sufficient time exists prior to a given <br />election for the necessary procedural steps to be honored. Except as permitted under subsection (3) of <br />this section, no precinct changes may be made during the period starting fourteen days prior to the first <br />day for candidates to file for the primary election and ending with the day of the general election. <br />(2) The county legislative authority may establish by ordinance a limitation on the maximum number of <br />active registered voters in each precinct within its jurisdiction. The number may be less than the number <br />established by law, but in no case may the number exceed one thousand five hundred active registered <br />voters. <br />(3) The county auditor shall temporarily adjust precinct boundaries when a city or town annexes <br />unincorporated territory to the city or town, or whenever unincorporated territory is incorporated as a <br />city or town. The adjustment must be made as soon as possible after the approval of the annexation or <br />incorporation. The temporary adjustment must be limited to the minimum changes necessary to <br />accommodate the addition of the territory to the city or town, or to establish the eligible voters within <br />the boundaries of the new city or town, and remains in effect only until precinct boundary modifications <br />reflecting the annexation or incorporation are adopted by the county legislative authority. <br />In accordance with the RCW and intent of Ordinance 2022-02, the County Auditors Office is <br />recommending nine (9) map changes to the boundaries of Kittitas County Precincts effective upon <br />approval by the BOCC. The primary intent behind these changes is to reduce precinct/district ballot <br />“splits.” The Auditor’s office has determined that only a limited number of voters are affected by the <br />changes and has invited the respective political parties to review the changes, confirming that they did <br />not observe any issues or impacts to their PCOs. <br />Recommendation: Request BOCC approval of the 2023 Precinct Boundary Adjustments upon which, the <br />Auditors Office shall publish the legal descriptions and coordinate with IT to update the precincts maps <br />in GIS. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Topic: <br />Precinct Boundary Adjustments <br />2023 <br />Meeting: <br /> BOCC Regular Meeting, April <br />18th, 2023 <br />Proposal by: <br />Bryan Elliott, County Auditor <br />Sue Higginbotham, Chief Administrator