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Washington Referendum 9, State and Local Budgets Measure (1916)

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Washington Referendum 9

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Election date

November 7, 1916

Topic
State and local government budgets, spending, and finance
Status

DefeatedDefeated

Type
Veto referendum
Origin

Citizens



Washington Referendum 9 was on the ballot as a veto referendum in Washington on November 7, 1916. It was defeated.

A "yes" vote supported requiring state and local governments, port, school, and park districts to establish a budget and limit expenditures.

A "no" vote opposed requiring state and local governments, port, school, and park districts to establish a budget and limit expenditures.


Election results

Washington Referendum 9

Result Votes Percentage
Yes 87,205 32.40%

Defeated No

181,933 67.60%
Results are officially certified.
Source


Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Referendum 9 was as follows:

An act relating to the raising and expenditure of revenues by counties, cities, towns, townships, port districts, school districts and metropolitan park districts, requiring the adoption of a budget by each of the same, limiting the manner of the expenditure of the revenues, prescribing the manner of paying claims filed after the close of the fiscal year, providing penalties of the violation thereof, and repealing section 5, chapter 151, Laws 1913, and sections 9208 to 9211, inclusive, together with the conflicting parts of sections 4512, 4521, 4537, 9212 of Remington & Ballinger's Annotated Codes and Statutes of Washington.

Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.


Path to the ballot

See also: Laws governing the initiative process in Washington

In Washington, proponents needed to collect a number of signatures for a veto referendum.

See also


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