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Washington Referendum 34, Cardrooms and Bingo Licensing Measure (1964)
| Washington Referendum 34 | |
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| Topic Gambling policy |
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| Type Veto referendum |
Origin |
Washington Referendum 34 was on the ballot as a veto referendum in Washington on November 3, 1964. It was defeated.
A “yes” vote supported licensing for mechanical gambling games and devices, salesboards and trades, gambling cardrooms, and bingo. |
A “no” vote opposed licensing for mechanical gambling games and devices, salesboards and trades, gambling cardrooms, and bingo. |
Election results
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Washington Referendum 34 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 505,633 | 44.80% | ||
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622,987 | 55.20% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Referendum 34 was as follows:
| “ | An Act Relating to licensing by cities, towns and counties of (1) machines or mechanical devices, without automatic payoff mechanisms but permitting the registering and manual transfer of free games; (2) salesboards or sales tickets intended for trade stimulation purposes where merchandise only is despensed; (3) certain public cardroom wherein persons engage in games of skill; and providing for filing license applications and prohibiting issuance of licenses unless certain citizenship and residence requirements are satisfied; and authorizing bingo and devices commonly used as trade stimulants at county or state fairs where conducted by and for nonprofit organizations unless prohibited by local authorities. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
In Washington, proponents needed to collect a number of signatures for a veto referendum.
See also
External links
Footnotes
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State of Washington Olympia (capital) |
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