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I-1464 last of initiatives certified to ballot

I-1464 last of initiatives certified to ballot

Checkers review I-1464 signatures earlier this week at the Elections Division. Initiative 1464, which covers campaign finance reform, disclosure and enforcement, and creation of a public campaign financing program, is the final ballot measure to qualify for the General Election ballot this fall. Assistant Secretary of State Mark Neary certified I-1464 Tuesday night, hours after a signature check crew at the Elections Division finished reviewing a 3 percent random sample of the 327,103 signatures submitted by the initiative sponsors in…

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I-1501 certified to fall ballot

I-1501 certified to fall ballot

Initiative 1501, a proposal dealing with “protection of seniors and vulnerable individuals from finance crimes and victimization,” will appear on the fall statewide ballot in Washington. Secretary of State Kim Wyman certified I-1501 on Monday. The state Elections Division finished a random sample of the 341,376 signatures submitted by the initiative backers in early July. The signature review determined that the measure easily exceeded the bare minimum of 246,372 valid signatures needed to qualify for the ballot. Wyman said a…

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Wyman certifies Initiative 732, sending it to Legislature

Wyman certifies Initiative 732, sending it to Legislature

Secretary of State Kim Wyman has certified Initiative to the Legislature 732, which deals with carbon taxes. It was a close call, though, despite sponsors turning in 363,126 signatures, nearly 120,000 more than the bare number of valid voter signatures required (246,372). That’s because an unusually high error rate was discovered when election crews checked a 3 percent random sample of 11,061 signatures.  The error rate was 27.59 percent, well above the historic average of 18 percent. That was due…

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Our initiative process, from filing to checking

Our initiative process, from filing to checking

Signature checkers review signatures for I-732. With Washington’s initiative process under way, you might wonder what it takes to get an initiative onto the ballot. After an initiative is filed with our office, it is sent to the Code Reviser for editing. However, the sponsor decides what version to submit as final text. Upon receipt of the final text, we assign a number and send it to the Office of Attorney General for a ballot title and summary. If the…

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I-732, I-735 sponsors turn in signatures

I-732, I-735 sponsors turn in signatures

Several boxes of signature petition sheets that I-735 sponsors delivered Wednesday afternoon. Sponsors of two initiatives to the 2016 Legislature delivered signatures to the state Elections Division Wednesday afternoon, one day before the Dec. 31 deadline. Initiative 732 aims to impose a carbon emission tax on certain fossil fuels. After delivering what the campaign said were 250,000 signatures in late October, I-732 sponsors turned in what one supporter said were about 100,000 additional signatures, for a total of roughly 350,000….

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I-732 sponsors turn in 243K signatures

I-732 sponsors turn in 243K signatures

I-732 sponsor Yoram Bauman (center) talks to media and supporters after he and others turned in signatures for the ballot measure. Sponsors of an initiative to the Legislature to impose a carbon emission tax on certain fossil fuels submitted what the campaign estimated at more than 243,000 signatures Thursday at the state Elections Division office in Olympia. Initiative 732 sponsor Yoram Bauman says his team so far has collected about 294,000 signatures and hopes to gather a total of 330,000…

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