Washington Standardized Candidate Filing Fee Initiative (2020)
| Washington Standardized Candidate Filing Fee Initiative | |
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| Election date November 3, 2020 | |
| Topic Elections | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type State statute | Origin Citizens |
The Washington Standardized Candidate Filing Fee 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.
The measure would have amended state statute by removing a multi-tiered system of fees for candidate filing and replaces it with a standard $10 filing fee for all candidates seeking state or local office.[1][2]
Text of measure
Full text
The full text of the measure is available here.
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
- Charles Eakins filed this initiative on July 16, 2019.[2]
- Proponents did not submit signatures by the deadline.[3]
See also
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External links
- Washington Secretary of State, "Proposed Initiatives to the 2020 Legislature"
- Initiative #1092 Full Text
Footnotes
- ↑ Washington Secretary of State, "Proposed Initiatives to the 2020 Legislature," accessed August 27, 2020
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Washington Secretary of State, "Initiative Measure No. 1092 Final Text," accessed August 27, 2019
- ↑ Ballotpedia staff, telephone communication with the Washington Secretary of State's office, January 3, 2020
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