Does your state lean blue or lean red? Check out our new report, highlighting partisan control of state government from 1992-2013.
Washington Teacher's Retirement, Referendum 1 (1914)
Election results
| Referendum 1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 No | 252,356 | 81.04% | ||
| Yes | 59,051 | 18.96% | ||
A "yes" vote for a veto referendum is a vote in favor of the legislative act that those who collected signatures to force onto the ballot are hoping to overturn. A "no" vote is a vote against the legislative act that provoked the veto referendum.
In this case, Chapter 48, Laws of 1913 pertaining to a Teacher's Retirement Fund did not become law.
Text on the ballot
An act to establish a retirement fund to be used in payment of annuities and benefits to retired teachers, principals, supervisors, supervising principals and superintendents of the public school in the State of Washington; creating a board of trustees; defining the sources from which said fund shall be raised; providing for the levy of taxes and regulating the collection, management and disbursement of said fund.
See also
- Washington 1914 ballot measures
- List of Washington State veto referenda
- List of Washington ballot measures
- 1914 ballot measures
- List of ballot measures by year
- List of ballot measures by state
External links
- History of State of Washington veto referendum measures
- Washington 1914 Election Results
- Washington 1914 Voter Guide
References
| ||
 |
