The Process Create a petition for your proposed initiative Get 325000 signatures of registered voters Send the initiative to the legislature which can either pass the initiative into law ID: 170680
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Getting an Initiative on the Ballot in Washington Slide2
The Process
Create a
petition
for your proposed initiative
Get ~325,000
signatures
of registered voters
Send
the initiative to the legislature, which can either:
-pass the initiative into law
-send it and a legislative alternative to ballot
-ignore/reject it; in which case it gets sent to the ballot for the voters to decideSlide3
Past Initiatives
I-282
Elected Officials Salaries
I-1098
Establishing a State Income Tax
I-1183
Privatization of Liquor
I-502
Legalization of Marijuana Slide4
Current Initiatives
Might Appear on 2014 Ballot!
I-1243
Let Voters Decide on Red Light
Cameras
I-1245
Don’t Tax Our Checkout
Bags
I-1258
Abolishing the Death Penalty
I-1285
Prohibition of Tolls on Interstate Highway SystemSlide5
An Interesting (Expired) Initiative
Initiative to divide
WA into two states
(
expired
on
02/19/2013)Slide6
Drafting Activity
Write down an initiative that
you
would like to see on the ballot
Write down a few ideas for how you would get people to sign your petition