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Honorable Ralph Munro Secretary of State P.O. Box 40220 Olympia, WA 98504-0220

Dear Secretary Munro:

By letter previously acknowledged, you have requested our opinion on the following three questions:

1. If a candidate for partisan office dies prior to a primary or general election and the candidate's party does not appoint a successor, pursuant to RCW 29.18.160, should the name of the deceased candidate appear on the ballot? Would the answer be different if the election at issue is a primary in which more than one candidate of the deceased individual's party has filed a declaration of…