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Washington Prohibit Paycheck Deductions for Political Purposes Initiative (2018)
| Washington Prohibit Paycheck Deductions for Political Purposes Initiative | |
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| Election date November 6, 2018 | |
| Topic Union dues | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type State statute | Origin Citizens |
The Washington Prohibit Paycheck Deductions for Political Purposes Initiative was not put on the ballot in Washington as an Initiative to the Legislature, a type of indirect initiated state statute, on November 6, 2018.
The measure would have prohibited employers from making paycheck deductions for political purposes.[1]
Tim Eyman proposed the initiative.
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title is:[1]
| “ | Initiative Measure No. 901 concerns collection and use of money for political purposes.
This measure would prohibit employers from making paycheck deductions for political purposes, prohibit commingling political funds with funds collected using public resources, and prohibit using public resources to collect money for political purposes. Should this measure be enacted into law? Yes [ ] No [ ][2] |
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Ballot summary
The ballot summary is:[1]
| “ | This measure would prohibit paycheck deductions if any portion of the money is used or commingled with funds used for political purposes. It would prohibit using public resources to collect money for political purposes, as those terms are defined. It would also prohibit the commingling of political funds with funds collected by means of a public resource. Violators could be penalized, and public employers and government entities would be prohibited from collecting money for violators.[2] | ” |
Path to the ballot
To make the 2018 ballot, proponents of Initiatives to the Legislature were required to submit at least 259,622 valid signatures by December 29, 2017.[3] If certified, initiatives are sent to the Washington House of Representatives and Washington State Senate for consideration. The legislature chooses whether to enact the measure, send it to the 2018 ballot alone, or send it to the ballot alongside an alternative proposition.
Tim Eyman and M.J. Fagan filed the initiative with the secretary of state's office on March 8, 2017. The initiative received a ballot title and summary on March 15, 2017.[1]
Proponents of the initiative did not submit signatures to the secretary of state's office by the December 29, 2017, deadline and the measure was not put on the ballot.[4]
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Washington Secretary of State, "Proposed Initiatives to the Legislature - 2017," accessed May 1, 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 - 2017," accessed May 1, 2017
- ↑ Ballotpedia Staff Writer, "Telephone correspondence with the Washington secretary of state's office," January 2, 2018
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