Wash. Gen. R. 18
THE SUPREME COURT OF WASHINGTON
In the Matter of the Jury | ) | No. |
Source List Pursuant | ) | |
to General Rule 18 | ) | |
of the Washington Rules | ) | ORDER |
of Court | ) |
General Rule 18 of the Washington Court Rules provides that the Supreme Court of the State of Washington should designate by order the creation of the jury source list.
Now, Therefore, It is hereby ordered:
That the jury source list shall be created according to the attached appendix describing the methodology and standards for creating the jury source list by merging the list of registered voters for a county with the list of licensed drivers and identicard holders who reside in that county.
That Washington Technology Solutions shall make available by May 1, 2016, and annually thereafter, via secure file transfer, a jury source list created by Washington Technology Solutions according to the methodology and standards set forth in the attached appendix, and a separate list of licensed drivers and identicard holders residing in each county, and a separate list of registered voters residing in each county.
That each superior court may access a jury source list from Washington Technology Solutions by May 1, 2016, and annually thereafter, via secure file transfer protocol, a list which shall be created according to the methodology and standards set forth in the attached appendix. Provided, that the jury source list may be created, at the direction of the presiding judge of each superior court after consultation with the county auditor and the county clerk of that jurisdiction, by the county, according to the methodology and standards set forth in the attached appendix. If a superior court elects to have the jury source list created by the county the superior court may access, via secure file transfer protocol, by May 1, 2016, and annually thereafter, a separate list of licensed drivers and identicard holders residing in that county from Washington Technology Solutions and a separate list of registered voters residing in that county from Washington Technology Solutions. Each superior court may choose annually which files to transfer to their local secure sever.
That in the event, for any reason, the jury source list is not created and available for use as set forth above, the most recent previously compiled jury source list shall be used by the courts on an emergency basis only for the shortest period of time until a current jury source list is created and available for use as provided for herein.
Dated at Olympia, Washington, this ____day of _____________, 20____.
Chief Justice
APPENDIX
This appendix describes the methodology for merging the list of registered voters and the list of licensed drivers and identicard holders to form a jury source list pursuant to GR 18 and the Supreme Court of Washington order to which this appendix is attached. Records of persons from the list of licensed drivers and identicard holders shall not be used in creating a jury source list if their license or identicard has been expired longer than 90 days. Records of persons from the registered voter list shall not be used in creating a jury source list if they are in an inactive status.
Persons on the list of registered voters and on the list of licensed drivers and identicard holders shall be identified based on the following data: date of birth, last name, first name, middle initial, gender and county code to reflect residence address. Upon notification by the Supreme Court of Washington of the legal availability of the Social Security number for jury selection purposes, the persons on each list shall also be identified by Social Security number.
The list of registered voters and the list of licensed drivers and identicard holders shall be merged to form a jury source list.
Using the identifying information on each person, known duplicate names shall be eliminated during the merging process so that the jury source list shall contain, to the extent reasonably possible, each prospective juror's name only once.
Conflicts of addresses shall be resolved by using the address most currently provided for the lists from which the names originated.
If suspected duplication of names on the jury source list cannot be resolved after reasonable efforts at the county level, the suspected duplicate names shall be stricken from that jury source list.
Selection of persons for the master jury list from the jury source list, and the designation of persons on the master jury list to be summoned, shall be random and totally without regard to whether a person's name originally appeared on the list of registered voters, or on the list of licensed drivers and identicard holders, or both.
Wash. Gen. R. GR 18