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Washington Affirmative Action Ban for Businesses Initiative (2018)
| Washington Affirmative Action Ban for Businesses Initiative | |
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| Election date November 6, 2018 | |
| Topic Affirmative action and Business regulation | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type State statute | Origin Citizens |
The Washington Affirmative Action Ban for Businesses Initiative was not put on the ballot in Washington as an Initiative to the Legislature, a type of indirect initiated state statute, on November 6, 2018.
The measure would have prohibited businesses from discriminating against or granting preferential treatment to any individual or group on basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin.[1]
Tim Eyman proposed the initiative.
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title was:[1]
| “ | Initiative Measure No. 894 concerns discrimination and preferential treatment.
This measure would prohibit any business from discriminating against or granting preferential treatment to any individual or group based on race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in employment, education, or contracting. Should this measure be enacted into law? Yes [ ] No [ ][2] |
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Ballot summary
The ballot summary was:[1]
| “ | This measure would prohibit any business from discriminating against or granting preferential treatment to any individual or group based on race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in the operation of employment, education, or contracting. This prohibition would be in addition to an existing prohibition against state or local government discriminating against or granting preferential treatment to any individual or group based on race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in employment, education, or contracting.[2] | ” |
Path to the ballot
To make the 2018 ballot, proponents of Initiatives to the Legislature were required to submit at least 259,622 valid signatures by December 29, 2017.[3] If certified, initiatives are sent to the Washington House of Representatives and Washington State Senate for consideration. The legislature chooses whether to enact the measure, send it to the 2018 ballot alone, or send it to the ballot alongside an alternative proposition.
Tim Eyman and M.J. Fagan filed the initiative with the secretary of state's office on March 8, 2017. The initiative received a ballot title and summary on March 15, 2017.[1]
Proponents of the initiative did not submit signatures to the secretary of state's office by the December 29, 2017, deadline and the measure was not put on the ballot.[4]
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Washington Secretary of State, "Proposed Initiatives to the Legislature - 2017," accessed May 1, 2017
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Washington Secretary of State, "Elections Calendar - 2017," accessed May 1, 2017
- ↑ Ballotpedia Staff Writer, "Telephone correspondence with the Washington secretary of state's office," January 2, 2018
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