Washington Election of Fish and Wildlife Commissioners Initiative (2019)
| Washington Election of Fish and Wildlife Commissioners Initiative | |
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| Election date November 5, 2019 | |
| Topic Forests and parks | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type State statute | Origin Citizens |
The Washington Election of Fish and Wildlife Commissioners Initiative 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 would have required Fish and Wildlife commissioners to be elected instead of being appointed by the governor.[1][2]
Text of measure
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Path to the ballot
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
- Kenneth Morrow submitted Initaitive 1662 on February 28, 2019, and Initiative 1668 on March 7, 2019.[2]
- Signatures for the initiative were not submitted before the deadline on July 5, 2019.[3]
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Footnotes
- ↑ Washington Secretary of State, "Initiative #1662 Text," accessed February 28, 2019
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Washington Secretary of State, "Proposed Initiatives to the People - 2019," accessed February 28, 2019
- ↑ Twitter: Washington Secretary of State Kim Wyman, "5:02 PM - 5 Jul 2019 Tweet," accessed July 8, 2019
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