Washington Repeal Restrictions on the Sale of Semiautomatic Firearms Initiative (2020)
| Washington Repeal Restrictions on the Sale of Semiautomatic Firearms Initiative | |
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| Election date November 3, 2020 | |
| Topic Firearms | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type State statute | Origin Citizens |
The Washington Repeal Restrictions on the Sale of Semiautomatic Firearms Initiative was not on the ballot in Washington as an Initiative to the Legislature, a type of indirect initiated state statute, on November 3, 2020.
Measure design
The measure was designed to repeal some of the restrictions on firearm purchases implemented by I-1639 of 2018, such as firearm safety training requirements and waiting periods.[1][2]
Text of measure
Full text
The full text of the measure is available here.
Sponsors
Washington State Three Percent (3%) sponsored the initiative.[3][4]
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 2020 ballot:
- Signatures: 259,622 valid signatures were required.
- Deadline: The deadline to submit signatures was January 3, 2020.
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
- John Valle filed this initiative on September 26, 2019.[2]
- The Washington Secretary of State's office confirmed to Ballotpedia on January 3, 2020, that the campaign had not submitted signatures for the initiative.[5]
- John Valle told Ballotpedia that proponents collected over 100,000 signatures using volunteers. He said the group would re-file the measure targeting the 2020 ballot.[6]
See also
External links
- Washington Secretary of State, "Proposed Initiatives to the 2020 Legislature"
- Initiative #1094 Full Text
Footnotes
- ↑ Washington Secretary of State, "Proposed Initiatives to the 2020 Legislature," accessed August 27, 2019
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Washington Secretary of State, "Initiative Measure No. 1094 Final Text," accessed October 15, 2019
- ↑ My Northwest, "Gun rights activists mounting legal opposition to I-1639, AG Ferguson," accessed January 3, 2020
- ↑ Washington Three Percent, "I-1094," accessed January 3, 2020
- ↑ Ballotpedia staff, phone call with the Washington Secretary of State's office, January 3, 2020
- ↑ Ballotpedia staff, telephone communication with John Valle, January 7, 2020
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