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Washington SJR 4, Change Signature Requirements for Initiatives and Referendums Amendment (1956)
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| Topic Initiative and referendum process |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Washington SJR 4 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Washington on November 6, 1956. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported changing the signature requirements for initiated state statutes from 10% of legal voters or 50,000, whichever was lower, to 8% of votes cast in the last gubernatorial election and for veto referendums from 6% of legal voters or 30,000, whichever was lower, to 4% of votes cast in the last gubernatorial election. |
A "no" vote opposed changing the signature requirements for initiated state statutes and veto referendums, keeping the requirement at 10% of legal voters or 50,000 (whichever was lower) for initiatives and 6% of legal voters or 30,000 (whichever was lower) for veto referendums. |
Election results
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Washington SJR 4 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
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413,107 | 54.03% | ||
| No | 351,518 | 45.97% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for SJR 4 was as follows:
| “ | INCREASING SIGNATURES: INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM Shall a new section be added to Article II of the Constitution which will supersede requirements specified in Section 1 thereof by providing that the valid signatures of eight per centum of the number of registered voters voting for Governor in the last election shall be necessary to certify an initiative and that four per centum shall be necessary to certify a referendum of an act of the Legislature? | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Washington Constitution
A two-thirds vote was needed in each chamber of the Washington State Legislature to refer the constitutional amendment to the ballot for voter consideration.
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Footnotes
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