Washington Affirmative Action Ban for Government Initiative (2018)
| Washington Affirmative Action Ban for Businesses Initiative | |
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| Election date November 6, 2018 | |
| Topic Affirmative action | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type State statute | Origin Citizens |
The Washington Affirmative Action Ban for Government Initiative was not put on the ballot in Washington as an Initiative to the Legislature, a type of indirect initiated state statute, on November 6, 2018.
The measure would have prohibited the government from discriminating against or granting preferential treatment to any individual or group on basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in employment, contracting, and education.[1]
Tim Eyman proposed the initiative.
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title is:[1]
| “ | Initiative Measure No. 949 concerns prohibiting discrimination and preferential treatment by government.
This measure would prohibit government from using race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin as factors in employment, contracting, and education, including school admissions and assignments, and limit collecting information regarding these factors. Should this measure be enacted into law? Yes [ ] No [ ][2] |
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Ballot summary
The ballot summary is:[1]
| “ | This measure would prohibit state and local governments from considering race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in public employment, education, and contracting decisions. Public schools would be prohibited from using these factors in admissions, school assignment decisions, and other policies. State and local governments, and public schools, would be prohibited from collecting information regarding race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin until after school, employment, and contracting decisions have been made.[2] | ” |
Path to the ballot
To make the 2018 ballot, proponents of Initiatives to the Legislature were required to submit at least 259,622 valid signatures by December 29, 2017.[3] If certified, initiatives are sent to the Washington House of Representatives and Washington State Senate for consideration. The legislature chooses whether to enact the measure, send it to the 2018 ballot alone, or send it to the ballot alongside an alternative proposition.
Tim Eyman filed the initiative with the secretary of state's office on June 14, 2017. The initiative received a ballot title and summary on June 26, 2017.[1]
Proponents of the initiative did not submit signatures to the secretary of state's office by the December 29, 2017, deadline and the measure was not put on the ballot.[4]
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Washington Secretary of State, "Proposed Initiatives to the Legislature - 2017," accessed July 10, 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 - 2017," accessed May 1, 2017
- ↑ Ballotpedia Staff Writer, "Telephone correspondence with the Washington secretary of state's office," January 2, 2018
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