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Washington No Express Toll Lanes on Interstate 405 Initiative (2017)
| Washington No Express Toll Lanes on Interstate 405 Initiative | |
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| Election date November 7, 2017 | |
| Topic Transportation | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type State statute | Origin Citizens |
The Washington No Express Toll Lanes on Interstate 405 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 removed the express toll lanes on Interstate 405 and replaced them with a general purpose lane and a high occupancy vehicle lane.[1]
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title was:[1]
| “ | Initiative Measure No. 1561 concerns highway toll lanes.
This measure would repeal authority to impose tolls on high occupancy and express toll lanes, including express toll lanes on Interstate 405 and the high occupancy toll pilot project on state route 167. Should this measure be enacted into law? Yes [ ] No [ ][2] |
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Ballot summary
The ballot summary was:[1]
| “ | This measure would repeal authority to impose tolls on high occupancy toll lanes and express toll lanes. It would also explicitly repeal authority to impose tolls for express toll lanes on Interstate 405 and explicitly repeal authority to impose high occupancy vehicle tolls for the state route 167 high occupancy toll pilot project.[2] | ” |
Full text
The full text of the measure is available here.
Support
Tim Eyman, Leo J. Fagan, and M.J. Fagan sponsored the initiative's filing.[1]
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]
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 20, 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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State of Washington Olympia (capital) |
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