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Washington Prohibit Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccinations, Mask Mandates, and Lockdowns Initiative (2022)
| Washington Prohibit Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccinations, Mask Mandates, and Lockdowns Initiative | |
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| Election date November 8, 2022 | |
| Topic Healthcare | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type State statute | Origin Citizens |
The Washington Prohibit Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccinations, Mask Mandates, and Lockdowns Initiative was not on the ballot in Washington as an Initiative to the Legislature, a type of indirect initiated state statute, on November 8, 2022.
The initiative would have prohibited the governor, state public health authorities, publicly funded businesses and organizations from imposing mandatory vaccinations, mask-wearing, and lockdowns.[1]
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for the initiative is below:
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Initiative Measure No. 1441 concerns prohibiting the imposition of certain public health measures. This measure would prohibit the governor, state public health authorities, licensing agencies, and government-funded businesses and organizations from requiring vaccinations, vaccine passports, mask wearing, or lockdowns by executive order or emergency authorization. Should this measure be enacted into law? [2] |
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Ballot summary
The ballot summary for the initiative is below:
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This measure would prohibit the governor, state public health authorities, licensing agencies, and government-funded businesses and organizations from using an executive order or emergency authorization to impose mandatory vaccinations, vaccine passports, mask-wearing mandates, or lockdowns of any nature upon residents. [2] |
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Full text
The full text of the initiative can be found here.
Path to the ballot
The state process
In Washington, the number of signatures required to qualify an indirectly initiated state statute—called an Initiative to the Legislature in Washington—for the ballot is equal to 8 percent of the votes cast for the office of governor at the last regular gubernatorial election. Initial filings for indirect initiatives cannot be made more than 10 months before the regular session at which their proposal would be presented to lawmakers. Signatures must be submitted at least 10 days prior to the beginning of the legislative session in the year of the targeted election.
The requirements to get an Initiative to the Legislature certified for the 2022 ballot:
- Signatures: 324,516 valid signatures were required.
- Deadline: December 31, 2021
The secretary of state verifies the signatures using a random sample method. If the sample indicates that the measure has sufficient signatures, the measure is certified to appear before the legislature. If the legislature does not approve the measure, it is certified to appear on the ballot. However, if the sample indicates that the measure has insufficient signatures, every signature is checked. Under Washington law, a random sample result may not invalidate a petition.
Details about this initiative
- Vongphet Von Galt filed the initiative on September 28, 2021.[1]
- Sponsors did not submit signatures before the deadline on December 30, 2021, therefore the initiative did not qualify for the ballot.[1]
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Footnotes
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