Washington Referendum 32, Milk Marketing Regulation Measure (1962)
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| Topic Agriculture policy and Business regulations |
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| Type Veto referendum |
Origin |
Washington Referendum 32 was on the ballot as a veto referendum in Washington on November 6, 1962. It was defeated.
A “yes” vote supported enabling the Department of Agriculture to oversee and regulate milk product production, distribution, and marketing. |
A “no” vote opposed enabling the Department of Agriculture to oversee and regulate milk product production, distribution, and marketing. |
Election results
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Washington Referendum 32 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 153,419 | 18.46% | ||
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677,530 | 81.54% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Referendum 32 was as follows:
| “ | AN ACT, Declared to be for the protection of the health and welfare of the public, and for the purpose of maintaining stability and prosperity in the milk industry, and authorizing and providing procedures for the Director of Agriculture to: Prescribe marketing areas, formulate stabilization and marketing plans for regulation of milk production and distribution, determine minimum prices to milk producers and establish, with the consent of an advisory board, emergency retail prices whenever unfair trade practices disrupt milk marketing; providing funds for administration and enforcement from assessments paid by producers and/or dealers and dealers' license fees, and providing 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 a veto referendum.
See also
External links
Footnotes
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State of Washington Olympia (capital) |
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