Washington Prohibit State or Local Carbon Taxes Initiative (2018)
| Washington Prohibit State or Local Carbon Taxes | |
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| Election date November 6, 2018 | |
| Topic Taxes | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type State statute | Origin Citizens |
The Washington Prohibit State or Local Carbon Taxes Initiative (#1601, 1602) was not on the ballot in Washington as an Initiative to the People, a type of initiated state statute, on November 6, 2018.
This initiative was designed to prevent the state or local government entities from establishing or collecting a carbon tax.[1]
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot titles for the different versions of the initiative are below:[1]
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Ballot summary
The ballot summaries for the different versions of the initiative are below:[1]
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| Initiative 1602 ballot summary | |||||
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Full text
- The full text of Initiative 1601 is available here.
- The full text of Initiative 1602 is available here.
Path to the ballot
The state process
In Washington, the number of signatures required to qualify a directly initiated state statute—called an Initiative to the People 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 direct initiatives cannot be made more than 10 months before the general election at which their proposal would be presented to voters. Signatures must be submitted at least four months prior to the general election.
The requirements to get an Initiative to the People certified for the 2018 ballot:
- Signatures: 259,622 valid signatures were required.
- Deadline: The deadline to submit signatures was July 6, 2018.
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 for 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
- Tim Eyman submitted both versions 1601 and 1602 of this initiative on January 25, 2018.[1]
- Proponents of the initiative did not submit signatures to the secretary of state's office by the July 6, 2018, deadline and the measure was not put on the ballot.[2][1]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Washington secretary of state, "Proposed Initiatives to the People - 2018," accessed January 24, 2018
- ↑ Ballotpedia Staff Writer, Email communication with Lydia Plukchi of the Washington Secretary of State's office, July 9, 2018.
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