Washington Fukushima Radiation Testing Initiative (2014)
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The Washington Fukushima Radiation Testing Initiative did not make the November 4, 2014 ballot in Washington as an Initiative to the People. The measure would have required testing of radiation levels in the air, water, shellfish, fish and other marine life. It also would have called for the governor to consult with the governors of Oregon, California, Alaska, Hawaii and the Premier of British Columbia, Canada to create an intergovernmental task force within 30 days to contact the government of Japan in order to provide assistance necessary to stop the dumping of radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean following the Fukushima nuclear accident. The measure was designed as an emergency act and would have gone into effect as soon as possible.[1][2]
Support
Fukushima Radiation Testing Citizens Group was the main supporter of this measure. Ted Mahr was the primary supporter of the proposed initiative.[2]
Path to the ballot
The measure was submitted to the Washington Secretary of State on March 31, 2014, but it expired on May 5, 2014 without having been assigned an initiative number, ballot title or ballot measure summary. Had the measure not expired and gone forward, supporters would have been required to collect at least 246,372 valid signatures by July 3, 2014 in order to land the initiative on the ballot.[2]
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