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Washington Liberalization of Old Age Assistance Laws, Initiative 157 (1944)
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I-157 was on the same ballot as the Liberalization of Old Age Assistance Laws by the Townsend Clubs, Initiative 158, which also was defeated.
Election results
| Initiative 157 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 No | 403,756 | 62.69% | ||
| Yes | 240,565 | 37.31% | ||
Path to the ballot
Initiative 157 was filed on March 3, 1944.
Text on the Ballot
An act relating to Social Security and Unemployment Compensation; creating a Washington State Social Security Board and establishing a Washington State Social Security System; extending unemployment compensation benefits to include war veterans and certain governmental employees; enlarging, generally, the scope of unemployment benefits; liberalizing grants to the blind and senior citizens; directing a survey of cost and availability of medical care; prescribing duties of certain officers; defining certain terms; making an appropriation; repealing acts and parts of acts in conflict therewith and establishing effective dates.
See also
- List of Washington ballot measures
- Washington 1944 ballot measures
- 1944 ballot measures
- List of ballot measures by year
- List of ballot measures by state
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