Dan Bateham
This is official notification of my withdrawal of my candidacy for city council, position number 7, for the City of Port Angeles. I extend a sincere thank you to those that have shown me support over the last several weeks. Good luck and best wishes to all of my fellow candidates. There will be no further public comment on this subject.
According to : By state law, a candidate may withdraw his or her Declaration of Candidacy at any
time before the close of business on the Monday following the last day for
candidates to file under RCW 29A.24.050 by filing, with the officer with whom the
Declaration of Candidacy was filed, a signed request that his or her name not be printed
on the ballot. There shall be no withdrawal period for Declarations of Candidacy filed
during special filing periods held under this title. No filing fee may be refunded to any
candidate who withdraws under this section. Notice of the deadline for withdrawal of
candidacy and that the filing fee is not refundable shall be given to each candidate at
the time he or she files. If you are too late to make an official withdrawal, you should still
Revised May 21, 2015
inform your opponents and the PDC, and do a press release to inform the media that
you are no longer seeking the office. (RCW 29A.24.131)
However it is way past time to withdraw from candidacy. So his name will still be on the November ballot.
He gave no reason why he is withdrawing from the race against Cherie Kidd who is currently running for re-election to the post. I think he could have won.
