What happens during the week of filing when the Declaration of Candidacy form is submitted?
Office hours for filing are 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. No filings may be made except during those hours. The doors of the King County Elections Building, will be unlocked at 8:30 a.m. and promptly locked at 4:30 p.m. each day of the filing period. Declarations will be taken on a first-come, first-served basis during the day. The declaration will be checked for completeness. If the form is not complete, we will ask that the candidate complete the form. Be sure to write the position number if there is a position number for the office for which you are filing. There will be lists available which will give the positions subject to the election, as verified for us by the jurisdictions. The Election staff will look up the candidate’s registration information by computer to verify that the information given is the same as that appearing on the registration file. Election staff members are authorized to notarize Declarations of Candidacy during filing week. A report listing all candidates who h
