Washington HJR 39, State Debt Publication Amendment (1966)
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| Topic Open meetings and public information |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Washington HJR 39 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Washington on November 8, 1966. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported amending the requirement for publishing the text of laws authorizing state debts to at least four times within the four weeks leading up to the election in all legal newspapers across the state. |
A "no" vote opposed amending the requirement to publish the text of laws authorizing state debts, thereby maintaining the current law which mandates the publishing of such laws in at least one newspaper in each county, if possible, for the three months leading up to the election. |
Election results
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569,889 | 74.67% | ||
| No | 193,299 | 25.33% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for HJR 39 was as follows:
| “ | Shall Article VIII, section 3 of the state constitution, requiring the publication, in a newspaper in each county for three months prior to the election, of the text of any law to be voted upon by the people authorizing state debts, be amended so as to require only that notice of the law be published at least four times during the four weeks preceding the election in every legal newspaper in the state? | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Washington Constitution
A two-thirds vote was needed in each chamber of the Washington State Legislature to refer the constitutional amendment to the ballot for voter consideration.
See also
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Footnotes
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