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The state's Voting Rights Act was proposed in response to weakening of the federal Voting Rights Act. Among its provisions was the closing of a loophole that forbid cities in Washington of a certain size from using district-based elections for city councils unless they had switched from at-large elections prior to 1994.
Citizens and the state legislature both have the ability to place new legislation, or legislation recently passed by the state legislature, on the ballot for a popular vote. Washington has three types of ballot measures that can be voted on in a general election: initiatives, referendums, and legislatively referred constitutional amendments.
During the 2024 election, the Washington GOP claimed the Attorney General’s Office “weaponized” the ballot impact statements for the initiatives, which is required under a state statute.
The indirect initiative process, added to the state's constitution in the 1990s as Article 15, Section 273(3), requires that over a 1-year period, the sponsors obtain a total number of signatures equal to at least 12% of the total number of votes cast for governor in the state's last election for that office. Additionally, it requires that no ...
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I-2124 was one of four initiatives on the Nov. 5 ballot backed by the political action committee Let's Go Washington. As of Tuesday night, 55.5% of voters rejected the measure, with 44.5% voting ...
Initiative 200 was a Washington state initiative filed by Scott Smith and Tim Eyman. [1] It sought to prohibit racial and gender preferences by state and local government. [2] It was on the Washington ballot in November 1998 and passed with 58.22% of the vote. [3] It added to Washington's law (but not its constitution) the following language:
The Tri-Cities area stands to lose tens of millions in childcare and energy funding if the initiatives pass. Vote No on initiatives that seek to undo Washington’s progress | Editorial Skip to ...