Washington Universal Healthcare Coverage Initiative (2019)

Washington Universal Healthcare Coverage Initiative
Election date November 5, 2019
Topic Healthcare
Status Not on the ballot
Type State statute	Origin Citizens
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The Washington Universal Healthcare Coverage Initiative (#1661) was not on the ballot in Washington as an Initiative to the People, a type of initiated state statute, on November 5, 2019.

This initiative was designed to create the Whole Washington Health Trust " to ensure all Washington residents can enroll in nonprofit health insurance coverage providing an essential set of health benefits."

Text of measure

Full text

• The full text of the initiative is available here.

Path to the ballot

See also: Laws governing the initiative process in Washington

The state process

In Washington, the number of signatures required to qualify a directly initiated state statute—called an Initiative to the People 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 direct initiatives cannot be made more than 10 months before the general election at which their proposal would be presented to voters. Signatures must be submitted at least four months prior to the general election.

The requirements to get an Initiative to the People certified for the 2019 ballot:

• Signatures: 259,622 valid signatures were required.
• Deadline: The deadline to submit signatures was July 5, 2019.

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 for 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

• Georgia Davenport of Whole Washington submitted this initiative on February 5, 2019.
• Signatures for the initiative were not submitted before the deadline on July 5, 2019.

See also

2019 measures

• 2019 ballot measures
• Healthcare on the ballot
• 2019 petition deadlines

Washington

• Washington ballot measures
• Washington initiative laws

News and analysis

• Ballot measure lawsuits
• Ballot measure readability
• Ballot measure polls
• Ballot measure signature costs

External links

• Initiative #1661 Full Text