initiatives and referendums举措和全民公决

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1、InitiativesandReferendumsInitiative:Anyregisteredvotercanproposeanewlawortoamend/changeacurrentlaw.Referendum:Thelegislature,oracitizen,asksvoterstoapprovealaworactthatwasalreadypassedorproposedtobepassed.TheProcess:1.It’ssenttotheSecretaryofState(SOS)

2、,a$5.00feeispaid,andanaffidavitissignedswearingthatyouarearegisteredvoter.2.Next,it’ssenttotheCodeReviserwhorewordstheproposal(ifneeded)forclarityandlegality.3.It’ssentbacktotheSOSandgivenaninitiativenumber.4.It’ssenttotheAttorneyGeneralwhoassignsa“bal

3、lottitle”and“ballotsummary”thatwillbeprintedwiththepetitionsandballots.5.Petitions:Youneedtogetatleast8%ofregisteredvoters(frommostrecentgubernatorialelection)toapproveofyourpetition(about200,000signatures)4%forareferendum6.PetitionsaresenttotheSOSanda

4、recheckedforvalidregisteredvoters.7.It’ssenttotheLegislature–iftheyapprove,itbecomeslaw–ifdonothing/reject,itgoesonthenextballot.8.If51%ofvotersapprove,itbecomelaw(unlessitischallengedasunconstitutional).InitiativeandReferendumFacts:·Theywere1stpropose

5、dinWAbyL.E.ReaderofOlalla,WAin1897.·24StateshavetheInitiativeandReferendumprocess.·PastinitiativesintheUShavealteredthefollowing:-Women’srighttovote-Abortion-Physicianassistedsuicide-Deathpenaltyadoptionorabolishment-RacialDiscrimination-Prohibition-Me

6、dicalUseofMarijuana·Themostcommoninitiativeconcernstaxes.·Thesecondmostcommoninitiativedealswithgovernment’spowers.·Thethirdmostcommoninitiativedealswithmarijuanause.·Therehavebeennearly900proposedinitiativesproposedbyWAcitizens–Lessthan5%makeitonaball

7、otandlessthan1%areeventuallymadeintolaws.·CurrentInitiatives:-#809Chargefeestousestateparks-#81112%creditcardinterestlimit-#812Prohibitlivestockgrazingonstateland-#815Peoplemakinglessthan$50,000andcouplesmakinglessthan$90,000paynostatetaxes-#817Apoliti

8、cianthatliesordoesn’tfollowthroughonapromiseisremovedfromoffice,fined$50,000,andincarceratedfor5years-#8192yeartermlimitsforallelectedofficials-#831AllTimEymaninitiativeswillbefollowedby“avernaculartermthatdenotedthebackendofahorse.”Mak