King County voters will chose an assessor successor to Scott Noble this November.

Noble, assessor for 16 years before resigning Thursday, was sentenced Friday to eight months in jail after pleading guilty to a felony count of vehicular homicide, in connection with a wrong-way crash on Interstate 5 that injured two women and himself. Authorities said his blood alcohol level was almost  three times the legal limit. The wreck was Jan. 18; he stayed on the job another five months.

State elections official Katie Blinn says his resignation came too late to allow a primary election. Instead, King County Elections will open a special three-day filing period, probably after mid-August, and all candidates will appear on the November 3 ballot, with the top vote-getter declared the winner with no further runoff. Rich Medved, who had been chief deputy, will move up to interim assessor. Medved and Port Commissioner Lloyd Hara are said to be interested in running in November.