It’s raining initiatives …
As we’ve noted, the initiative process is alive and well in Washington, with little apparent “chilling” due to the state’s policy of releasing signatures of signers. (The U.S. Supreme Court has just held the disclosure policy in an 8-1 ruling written by the chief justice.) We’ve seen a record number of initiatives filed this year (75 initiatives to the people and 4 initiatives to the Legislature), and we’re seeing turn-ins with very large numbers of signatures, nearly 400,000 in one…