If you’re such an election geek that county-by-county results of the 2010 General Election aren’t enough to satisfy your political jones, we have a possible cure: election results broken down by legislative district! By clicking here, you can see how voters in various lege districts last November voted on the statewide ballot measures, the U.S. Senate race and state Supreme Court contests. Happy calculating!
If you’re looking for a one-stop place to read up on the six statewide initiatives and the three other ballot measures that will be on this November’s ballot, you’re in luck. Our State Elections Division has posted a State Measures link on its website. When you click on it and go to one of the ballot measures, you’ll find such features as its ballot title, fiscal impact statement, explanatory statement, and statements for and against it. The six initiatives that…
After more than three weeks, the State Elections Division’s signature checkers last week finished their work on the six initiatives that were submitted this summer. As expected, all six have qualified for this November’s General Election ballot. Because all six initiatives turned in such a large number of signatures, each was allowed to undergo a 3 percent sample check instead of a full signature check, greatly expediting the process. Initiative 1107 (repealing taxes on candy, pop, bottled water) collected the…
Initiative activist Tim Eyman and his partners will again appear on the Washington state ballot this year. Their Initiative 1053, making it harder for Olympia to raise taxes, cleared its last major hurdle on Monday when the state Elections Division announced that the sponsors submitted enough voter signatures to make the November ballot. I-1053 became the fourth initiative to qualify for the ballot, and two others are widely expected to qualify, too. That would equal the modern record set in…
Initiative 1082, a plan to allow private insurers to offer coverage for workplace injuries, is headed for the statewide ballot in Washington this fall. The state Elections Division completed a 3 percent random check late Tuesday, finding plenty of valid signatures to assure a spot on the ballot. The campaign had turned in 345,541 signatures, and 10,571 were reviewed, with 9,017 accepted. The others were turned down because no registration could be found for the signer, the signature didn’t match…
If you’ve been to a Costco, a Wal-Mart or some other large store in recent weeks, you may have been asked that question. With so many initiatives filed this year (a record 79), and a number of initiative campaigns planning to turn in signatures by the July 2 deadline, people are seeing lots of signature gatherers in front of stores and other locations encouraging folks to sign their petitions sheets. As has been the case in previous years, we’re hearing…