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Washington Allow Citizens to Challenge Constitutionality of Laws Initiative (2019)

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Washington Allow Citizens to Challenge Constitutionality of Laws Initiative
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Election date
November 5, 2019
Topic
Government accountability
Status
Not on the ballot
Type
State statute
Origin
Citizens


The Washington Allow Citizens to Challenge Constitutionality of Laws Initiative (#1669) was not on the ballot in Washington as an Initiative to the People, a type of initiated state statute, on November 5, 2019.

This initiative was designed to allow civil action to challenge the constitutionality of a law or to "abate a violation of state and federal legal rights or a failure to act."[1][2]

Text of measure

Full text

  • The full text of the initiative is available here.

Path to the ballot

See also: Laws governing the initiative process in Washington

The state process

In Washington, the number of signatures required to qualify a directly initiated state statute—called an Initiative to the People in Washington—for the ballot is equal to 8 percent of the votes cast for the office of governor at the last regular gubernatorial election. Initial filings for direct initiatives cannot be made more than 10 months before the general election at which their proposal would be presented to voters. Signatures must be submitted at least four months prior to the general election.

The requirements to get an Initiative to the People certified for the 2019 ballot:

The secretary of state verifies the signatures using a random sample method. If the sample indicates that the measure has sufficient signatures, the measure is certified for the ballot. However, if the sample indicates that the measure has insufficient signatures, every signature is checked. Under Washington law, a random sample result may not invalidate a petition.

Details about this initiative

  • Edward Danzer submitted this initiative on February 22, 2019.[2]
  • Signatures for the initiative were not submitted before the deadline on July 5, 2019.[3]

See also

External links

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