Booze on ballot: Make it a double
Two liquor privatization measures will appear on the Washington state ballot this year. The state Elections Division announced Friday afternoon that sponsors for Initiative 1105 submitted enough voter signatures to make the November ballot. Secretary of State Sam Reed is expected to officially certify I-1105 early next week. Whereas the other liquor privatization proposal, Initiative1100, would let retailers buy liquor stock directly from manufacturers, I-1105 would require use of wholesalers. I-1105, backed by wholesalers, submitted 358,525 signatures, a large enough…