Washington Lawful Presence to Receive Driver's License Initiative (2017)
| Washington Lawful Presence to Receive Driver's License Initiative | |
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| Election date November 7, 2017 | |
| Topic Immigration | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type State statute | Origin Citizens |
The Washington Lawful Presence to Receive Driver's License 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 required the Washington Department of Licensing to check an applicant's residential status. The department would have been prohibited from issuing an identicard, driver's license, or commercial driver's license to nonresident aliens.[1]
The measure would have decreased the license application fee from $54 to $48 and extend the expiration date on licenses from six years to eight years.
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title was:[1]
| “ | Statement of Subject: Initiative Measure No. 1566 concerns driver’s licenses and identicards issued by the department of licensing.
Concise Description: This measure would prohibit issuing a Washington driver’s license, permit, or identicard to a person not lawfully present in the United States, establish an eight-year license and identicard renewal period, and revise fees. 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 the Department of Licensing from issuing a driver’s license, instruction permit, agricultural driving permit, intermediate license, commercial driver’s license, or identicard to a person who is not a citizen except when the person is lawfully present in the United States. It would require driver’s licenses and identicards to expire after eight years, rather than six. It would reduce the per-year application fee for driver’s licenses and identicards from $9 to $6.[2] | ” |
Full text
The full text of the measure is available here.
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.
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]
Craig Keller proposed the ballot initiative.[1]
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 Washington Secretary of State, "Proposed Initiatives to the People - 2017," accessed February 9, 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 - 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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