Washington Compliance with Federal Immigration Agency Initiative (2017)
| Washington Compliance with Federal Immigration Agency Initiative | |
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| Election date November 7, 2017 | |
| Topic Immigration and Federal constitutional issues | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type State statute | Origin Citizens |
The Washington Compliance with Federal Immigration Agency Initiative was not on the ballot in Washington as an Initiative to the People, a type of initiated state statute, on November 7, 2017.
The measure would have suspended state funds and services to municipalities and agencies without retroactive payment for a minimum of 45 days if a federal immigration agency provided sufficient evidence to prove in court that a municipality or agency willfully obstructed, hindered, or delayed a federal immigration agency in locating, identifying, apprehending, detaining, transferring, or removing a person who entered or remained in the United States illegally.[1]
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title was:[1]
| “ | Initiative Measure No. 1568 concerns withholding state funds from municipalities for obstructing federal immigration efforts.
This measure would require the withholding of all state funds, except funds for public safety and corrections, from any municipality that willfully obstructs, hinders, or delays certain federal efforts to enforce immigration laws. Should this measure be enacted into law? Yes [ ] No [ ][2] |
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Ballot summary
The ballot summary was:[1]
| “ | This measure proposes that all state funds, except funds for public safety and corrections, must be suspended for a minimum of forty-five consecutive days to a municipality that willfully obstructs, hinders, or delays a federal immigration agency in locating, identifying, apprehending, investigating, detaining, transferring, prosecuting, or removing an illegal alien in Washington. The suspension of funds would take effect the date a federal immigration agency proves the occurrences to a court with sufficient evidence.[2] | ” |
Full text
The measure would have added the following text to state statute:[1]
| “ | All Washington state fund expenditures, including expenditures from the general fund and all others, except fund expenditures for public safety and corrections, must be suspended for a minimum of forty-five consecutive days to a municipality, or agency of a municipality, that willfully obstructs, hinders, or delays a federal immigration agency in locating, identifying, apprehending, investigating, detaining, transferring, prosecuting, or removing an illegal alien in the state of Washington. The suspension of fund expenditures takes effect the date a federal immigration agency proves the occurrences to a court with sufficient evidence..[2] | ” |
Path to the ballot
In Washington, the signature requirement for Initiatives to the People is equivalent to 8 percent of the votes cast for the office of governor at the last gubernatorial election.
Mario Lotmore, Georgene Faries, and Lisa Miller submitted a petition for the initiative on March 2, 2017.[1] To make the 2017 ballot, proponents of Initiatives to the People were required to submit at least 259,622 valid signatures by July 7, 2017.[3] No signatures were turned in for the initiative by the deadline.[4]
See also
- 2017 ballot measures
- Washington 2017 ballot measures
- Laws governing the initiative process in Washington
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Washington Secretary of State, "Proposed Initiatives to the People - 2017," accessed February 22, 2017
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Washington Secretary of State, "Elections Calendar - 2016," accessed January 10, 2017
- ↑ Northwest Public Radio, “Election Rarity: No Initiatives Qualify For November Statewide Ballot In Washington,” July 7, 2017
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