A
Blue Sky Law, Initiative 6 ballot proposition was on the
November 3, 1914 statewide ballot in the
State of Washington as an
Initiative to the People, where it was
defeated.
Election results
| Initiative 6 |
|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage |
 d No | 147,298 | 50.91% |
| Yes | 142,017 | 49.09% |
A "blue sky law" is a law that regulates the offering and sale of securities to protect the public from fraud.
Path to the ballot
Initiative 6 was filed on January 30, 1914.
Text on the Ballot
An act relating to corporations, copartnerships, associations and persons engaged in the business of dealing in lands, stocks, bonds and other securitites, to prevent fraud and imposition in the sale of the same, and tranferring to the public service commission all authority vested in the secretary of state in respect to corporations.
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