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Washington Signature Gathering Time for Initiatives Measure, Initiative 1376 (2015)

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The Washington Signature Gathering Time for Initiatives Measure, Initiative 1376 was not on the November 3, 2015 ballot in the state of Washington as an Initiative to the People. If approved by voters, the measure would have done the following:[1]

  • Increased signature-gathering time for initiatives
  • Allowed initiatives to be filed 20 months before a legislative session or election
  • Required a vote of the people on qualifying initiatives

Text of measure

Ballot title

The official ballot title was as follows:[1]

Initiative Measure No. 1376 concerns initiative measures.

This measure would increase signature-gathering time for initiatives by allowing initiatives to be filed twenty months before a legislative session or election, and require a vote of the people on qualifying initiatives.

Should this measure be enacted into law? Yes [ ] No [ ][2]

Ballot measure summary

The ballot summary was as follows:[1]

This measure would expand the time for collecting signatures supporting initiative measures proposed for submission to the voters or the legislature by allowing initiatives to be filed twenty months before the election at which they are to be submitted or before the next regular legislative session. State and local initiatives with a sufficient number of valid voter signatures and submitted within the required timeframe must be submitted to voters at the next election date.[2]

Full text

The full text of the measure is available here.[1]

Support

This measure was sponsored by Kirk Ludden. Supporters called the measure "Protect the Initiative."[1]

Path to the ballot

See also: Laws governing the initiative process in Washington

Supporters were required to collect at least 246,372 valid signatures by July 2, 2015, in order to land the initiative on the ballot.

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Washington Secretary of State, "Proposed Initiatives to the People - 2015: I-1376," accessed February 16, 2015
  2. 2.0 2.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.