Return Your Ballot by Feb. 3rd

Special Election By Mail

This is the first all-mail election in King County. Ballots need to be postmarked by Tuesday, February 3rd, or returned to
King County Elections Drop Box.

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The Progressive Voter's Guide

Real Progress Means Voting Every Election
You are being asked to vote for King County’s first elected Elections Director. The winner in this important special election will be responsible for clean, fair elections and for ensuring the county’s transition to all mail-in balloting goes smoothly.

The election follows voter approval of Charter Amendment #1 last November. The amendment stipulated that a non-partisan head of county elections be voted in by the people.

King County Elections Director

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  Sherril Huff

  There is a broad consensus among progressive organizations that Sherril Huff is the candidate who deserves your vote.

  Sherril Huff has been doing a strong job managing the county’s 1.1 million voters since King County Executive Ron Sims appointed her in 2007. Of the candidates vying for her office, Huff stands out for her experience and non-partisanship. She has helped the county institute more than 300 reforms in response to the 2004 county elections debacle and has helped conduct 21 successful elections since then. A two-term county auditor, she has been endorsed by just about every county auditor in the state.

  
  Endorsed or Supported by: Washington Conservation Voters, Sierra Club, Planned Parenthood Votes! Washington, National Women's Political Caucus of Washington, Fuse Washington, SEIU Healthcare 775 NW, UFCW Local 21, 35 Washington County Auditors (both Republicans and Democrats)
  • Candidate's Web Site
  • Voter's Pamphlet Statement
  • Why is this race important?

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  Bill Anderson

  
  

   

  • Candidate's Web Site
  • Voter's Pamphlet Statement

  
  

  Bill Anderson lacks the experience required to be successful in the position.

  

  Christopher Clifford

  
  

   

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  • Voter's Pamphlet Statement

  
  

  Christopher Clifford lacks the experience required to be successful in the position, and has demonstrated himself to be confrontational and tempermental—also characteristics that would not serve the responsibilites of the office.
  

  David Irons

  
  

   

  • Candidate's Web Site
  • Voter's Pamphlet Statement

  
  

  David Irons is a conservative former member of the King County Council with no elections administration experience. He is too ideological and partisan to effectively serve in the non-partisan office of elections director.

  

  Julie Kempf

  
  

   

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  • Voter's Pamphlet Statement

  
  

  Julie Kempf has a poor record as an elections office employee.
  

  Pam Roach

  
  

   

  • Candidate's Web Site
  • Voter's Pamphlet Statement

   

  Pam Roach is one of the most conservative (and craziest) members of the Washington State Senate (and winner of a 2008 Fuse Fizzle Award for her bizzare behavior). Like Irons, she is too ideological and partisan to effectively serve in the non-partisan office of elections director.