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Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

With deadline looming, 3 groups to turn in initiative signatures: assisted suicide, traffic congestion, home-care training

Posted by Joe Turner @ 01:08:54 pm

Our former AP colleague, David Ammons, gives us an update on the plans for signature turn-ins on the three measures most likely to make the November ballot -- Initiatives 985, 1000 and 1029.

It starts tomorrow with a no-fanfare delivery of petitions by former Gov. Booth Gardner's "Death with Dignity" measure, I-1000.

Memo to the Capitol Press Corps:

JUNE 26: I-1000 brings in bulk of signatures at 520 Union, without any ceremonies, @ 10 a.m.

JULY 2: I-1000 brings final signatures into Secstate’s office in Capitol after 1 p.m. event on cap steps.

JULY 3: I-1029 turn-in will be at 520 building at 2pm, bringing an estimated 300k. Tim Eyman is expected to bring in the rest of his I-985 petitions on this day, but no appt set yet.

Also, FYI, there was some question about whether to accept I-1029 petitions, because sponsors printed the incorrect preamble on petition forms. The petitions read as an initiative to the Legislature, but it was intended as an initiative for this fall’s general election. Our office determined that it was not a fatal flaw or that would-be signers were misled. “Our office is authorized to reject petitions, but not required to do so,” said Assistant Elections Director Shane Hamlin. ”This error does not rise to a level that suggests voters were misinformed as a result of the error or that a signer would have acted otherwise if the petition correctly stated that it is an initiative to the people.”

David Ammons
Communications Director
Office of Secretary of State
(360) 902-4140

Categories: Campaign news, Initiatives

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