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Washington Initiative 276, Regulations for Campaign Expenditures and Contributions Measure (1972)
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| Topic Campaign finance |
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| Type Initiated state statute |
Origin |
Washington Initiative 276 was on the ballot as an initiated state statute in Washington on November 7, 1972. It was approved.
A “yes” vote supported requiring disclosing campaign contributions, expenditures, and financial interests of elected officials and candidates, regulating lobbying activities and expenditure reporting, and limiting campaign expenditures. |
A “no” vote opposed requiring disclosing campaign contributions, expenditures, and financial interests of elected officials and candidates, regulating lobbying activities and expenditure reporting, and limiting campaign expenditures. |
Election results
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Washington Initiative 276 |
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959,143 | 72.02% | ||
| No | 372,693 | 27.98% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Initiative 276 was as follows:
| “ | An ACT relating to campaign financing, activities of lobbyists, access to public records, and financial affairs of elective officers and candidates; requiring disclosure of sources of campaign contributions, objects of campaign expenditures, and amounts thereof; limiting campaign expenditures; regulating the activities of lobbyists and requiring reports of their expenditures; restricting use of public funds to influence legislative decisions; governing access to public records; specifying the manner in which public agencies will maintain such records; requiring disclosure of elective officials' and candidates' financial interests and activities; establishing a public disclosure commission to administer the act; and providing civil penalties. | ” |
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 an Initiative to the People.
See also
External links
Footnotes
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State of Washington Olympia (capital) |
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