Washington State to Make Payments in Gold or Silver Coins Initiative (2017)
| Washington State to Make Payments in Gold or Silver Coins Initiative | |
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| Election date November 7, 2017 | |
| Topic Administration of government | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type State statute | Origin Citizens |
The Washington State to Make Payments in Gold or Silver Coins Initiative was not on the ballot in Washington as an Initiative to the People, a type of initiated state statute, on November 7, 2017.
The measure would have required the state and local governments to receive or make payments in the form of physical gold or silver coins.[1]
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title was:[1]
| “ | Initiative Measure No. 1572 concerns payments to and from state and its subdivisions.
This measure would provide that the state, or any subdivision, shall not receive or make any payment as defined by this measure, except by using physical gold or silver coins, as defined. Should this measure be enacted into law? Yes [ ] No [ ][2] |
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Ballot summary
The ballot summary was:[1]
| “ | This measure would provide that the state of Washington, or any subdivision thereof, shall not receive or make any payment in the form of anything besides physical gold or silver coins. It would define the meaning of gold coin, silver coin, and payment, and provide for payment in an amount equal to one hundred fifty percent of the original payment if not made in gold or silver coins.[2] | ” |
Full text
The full text of the measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
In Washington, the signature requirement for Initiatives to the People is equivalent to 8 percent of the votes cast for the office of governor at the last gubernatorial election.
To make the 2017 ballot, proponents of Initiatives to the People were required to submit at least 259,622 valid signatures by July 7, 2017.[3] No signatures were turned in for the initiative by the deadline.[4]
See also
- 2017 ballot measures
- Washington 2017 ballot measures
- Laws governing the initiative process in Washington
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Washington Secretary of State, "Proposed Initiatives to the People - 2017," accessed February 20, 2017
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Washington Secretary of State, "Elections Calendar - 2016," accessed January 10, 2017
- ↑ Northwest Public Radio, “Election Rarity: No Initiatives Qualify For November Statewide Ballot In Washington,” July 7, 2017
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