Election 2021: Voters to make final call on medical examiner vs. coroner
Though Kitsap County voters elected Coroner Jeff Wallis in 2018 after he campaigned on doing away with the position of an elected coroner in favor of a medical examiner system, voters will have the final say on the plan this election.
A ballot measure under consideration by voters, Proposition 1, would finalize the changes Wallis said have already been made.
Since taking office, Wallis has hired a forensic pathologist, Dr. Lindsey Harle, and contracted with Mason and Jefferson counties to have Kitsap provide pathologist services. He said the county is essentially using the new system now and all thats left is to make the legal shift. If approved, Harle would lead the new office.
Wallis term ends in 2023. He said if the measure passes he would seek the job of office administrator. That job, like the medical examiner, would be hired and fired by county commissioners, who are elected.
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