Getting an Initiative on the Ballot in Washington.

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Getting an Initiative on the Ballot in Washington

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 decide

Past Initiatives I-282 Elected Officials Salaries I-1098 Establishing a State Income Tax I-1183 Privatization of Liquor I-502 Legalization of Marijuana

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 System

An Interesting (Expired) Initiative Initiative to divide WA into two states (expired on 02/19/2013)

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