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Guns & history of initiatives to the Legislature

Guns & history of initiatives to the Legislature

It appears that the two gun-related initiatives to the Legislature (I-591 and I-594) will be forwarded to the fall ballot. Both measures received legislative hearings and, as most observers predicted, no further action has been taken, meaning the initiatives’ fate appears to be up to the voters. Mail ballots go out in mid-October and are due back by Nov. 4. It is pretty rare in our 100-year history of “direct democracy” for the Legislature to adopt initiatives to the Legislature,…

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Booze & ballots: A popular initiative topic

Booze & ballots: A popular initiative topic

The very first initiative ever passed by Washington voters, back in 1914 when the state was just a pup, was Prohibition.   And ever since, liquor and its sales and regulation has been a regular topic for initiatives, including two dueling liquor privatization measures now circulating for signatures (I-1100 and I-1105). Photograph courtesy of the Washington State Digital Archives An Elections Division compilation covering most of statehood showed 58 booze-related initiatives. Measures dealing with DUIs and alcohol servers also were filed…

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