Julie Spector
Julie Spector was a judge for the King County Superior Court in King County, Washington. Spector was re-elected in 2016 due to facing no challengers, and she was re-elected again after the general election on November 3, 2020, was canceled. She retired from the court on June 30, 2021.
Elections
2020
See also: Municipal elections in King County, Washington (2020)
General election
The general election was canceled. Julie Spector (Nonpartisan) won without appearing on the ballot.
2016
Washington held general elections for local judicial offices on November 8, 2016. Candidates for district and superior court seats had to file for election by May 20, 2016. Primary elections were held on August 2, 2016, for six seats where more than two candidates filed for election.
Spector won re-election without appearing on a ballot in 2016 because no challengers emerged by the May 2016 filing deadline.[1] In counties with a population that is greater than 100,000, if only one superior court candidate files for election for a judgeship, that candidate is automatically elected and the county does not hold a general election for the seat. According to the 2010 census, the following counties have a population greater than 100,000:[2]
Referendum 71
Judge Spector dismissed a lawsuit against Washington Referendum 71 on Wednesday, September 2, 2009, on the grounds that the lawsuit was filed in the wrong county. The lawsuit specifically called for an injunction on R-71 and challenges the referendum's valid signature count. According to state law, however, any challenge to the secretary of state must be filed in Thurston County, where the state capitol Olympia is located.[3]
In addition to Judge Spector's dismissal of the case, she highlighted areas of what she called deficiency in the signatures and petitions accepted by Washington Secretary of State Sam Reed.[4] Just this week, Reed announced that R-71 had 121,847 valid signatures, enough to place the measure on the November 2009 ballot.[5] On Wednesday, Spector said that several thousand signatures may be invalid because some petitions do not include the gatherer's signature on the affidavit on the back of the petition as required by law; there may have been misrepresentation of the petition; and although some petition signers registered to vote at the time they signed the petition, they were not registered prior to signing as required by law. Despite the questionable status of the petitions and the dismissal of the case, Spector said, "under Washington case law it is unclear whether there are any limits to the Secretary of State's discretion as long as he has chosen to accept petitions rather than reject them."[4]
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Julie Spector did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Washington Secretary of State, "2016 Candidates Who Have Filed," accessed May 21, 2016
- ↑ U.S. Census Bureau, "Washington: Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013," accessed July 24, 2014
- ↑ Associated Press, "Washington judge rejects challenge to R-71," September 2, 2009
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Seattle Post-Intelligencer, "Judge recognized alleged fraud by anti equality activists Protect Marriage Washington," September 2, 2009
- ↑ Washington Secretary of State's blog, "R-71: Signature-count edges to finish line," September 1, 2009
Federal courts:
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of Washington, Western District of Washington • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of Washington, Western District of Washington
State courts:
Washington Supreme Court • Washington Court of Appeals • Washington Superior Court • Washington District Courts • Washington Municipal Courts
State resources:
Courts in Washington • Washington judicial elections • Judicial selection in Washington
