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Washington Referendum 9, State and Local Budgets Measure (1916)
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| Topic State and local government budgets, spending, and finance |
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| Type Veto referendum |
Origin |
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
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Washington Referendum 9 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 87,205 | 32.40% | ||
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181,933 | 67.60% | ||
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
In Washington, proponents needed to collect a number of signatures for a veto referendum.
See also
External links
Footnotes
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State of Washington Olympia (capital) |
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