Whenever a vacancy exists in any of the congressional districts, the governor shall notify the secretary of state of the vacancy. The secretary of state shall forward to the governor for appointment the next name on the list created in WAC 434-209-070 for that congressional district. This procedure will be repeated until this list is exhausted.

If the list from a congressional district becomes depleted, the secretary of state shall create a new list for that congressional district using the most recent voter information obtained from the county auditors. Except for the revision of timelines under this section, the process for compiling the data file of records of registered voters by congressional district, conducting the selection by lot, notifying persons selected, determining appointees, and forwarding to the governor the certified list of the name of the registered voter selected shall be substantially the same as specified in WAC 434-209-030 through 434-209-080.