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Referenda

  • Blogs

    March 5, 2012

    Familiar Issues As Maryland Follows Washington, Becomes Eighth State to Legalize Same-Sex Marriage

    On Thursday Maryland became the eighth state to legalize same-sex marriage as Governor Martin O'Malley signed the bill into law. The Governor, once a supporter of civil unions instead of marriage, by last summer was saying "I have concluded that discriminating against individuals based on their sexu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 29, 2012

    The Fight Over Same-Sex Marriage Referendum's Wording

    Opponents and supporters of same-sex marriage are fighting over the phrasing of a single paragraph in the war of words to win over voters in the fall when a referendum on gay marriage comes to a head. The paragraph summarizes Referendum 74 which puts to a public vote the gay marriage bill Gov. Chris ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2012

    Breaking News: California's Gay-Marriage Ban Ruled Unconstitutional

    A three-member panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has just ruled that California's ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional. The federal court said the state cannot prevent gay couples from marrying just because a majority of voters said so. The 2-1 decision is a huge victory for gay-rights ad ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2012

    Gay Marriage Opponents Bank on Referendums To Stop It -- But Is That Wishful Thinking?

    The gay marriage opposition led by the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) believe that the best course of action in derailing same-sex weddings is to mobilize like-minded detractors, fund expensive ad campaigns, and fight like hell to get the issue on the ballot -- here in Washington and acros ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2011

    Georgia Also Voting on Liquor Laws Today

    ​Washingtonians aren't the only voters grappling with alcohol legislation today: Residents of 101 cities and counties across Georgia are deciding whether to legalize Sunday liquor sales. Unlike Initiative 1183, which inspired the most expensive campaign in the state's history, the ballot meas ... More >>

  • News

    May 25, 2011

    Keep Digging

    Why a recent ruling on the tunnel puts Seattle deeper in the hole.

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2011

    Medical Marijuana Follies: Steve Sarich Finds that Even Filing a Referendum is a Messy Business

    ​It seems a fitting indication of how messed up the medical marijuana landscape has become that even a referendum filed yesterday on Senate Bill 5073--a once liberalizing piece of legislation that was utterly transformed by the governor's red pen--says the opposite of what was intended. Dispen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2011

    Waterfront Tunnel Ruling: It's '07 All Over Again

    ​As confusion turned to gridlock yesterday over a referendum on the downtown waterfront tunnel project, two certainties were left standing after Judge Laura Gene Middaugh's ruling: It's 2007 all over again, and Mayor Mike McGinn doesn't know what he's talking about. Actually, with Middaugh r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2010

    In First for the State, Costco Will Use Its Own Stores and Employees to Get Liquor Initiative on the Ballot

    Toilet Paper Sample Station vs. Booze Sample Station. Advantage: Booze.​Issaquah-based retail giant Costco has been trying for years to change liquor laws in Washington. It sued the state Liquor Control Board to force the state to allow high-volume buyers like itself to get discounts on wholes ... More >>

  • News

    April 14, 2010

    Down on the Farm

    The Humane Society and big agriculture slug it out over animal rights.

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2009

    Pastor Joe Fuiten: Did God Change His Mind on R-71?

    Pastor Joe Fuiten just isn't sure how the Big Guy voted.​Cedar Park Assembly of God Pastor Joe Fuiten, a prominent evangelical conservative and head of one of the state's biggest megachurches, was one of the few religious leaders who opposed putting Referendum 71 on the ballot. And as Janet Tu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2009

    R-71 Petitions One Step Closer to Daylight

    Secretary of State spokesman David Ammons on the latest in efforts to release R-71 petitions: The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has just lifted the ban on Washington releasing Referendum 71 petitions. A three-judge panel handed a clear victory to the Secretary of State Sam Reed and Attorney General ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2009

    Tim Eyman, Special Interests, and the True King of Voter Initiatives

    William U'Ren, the true king of the voter initiative. Krist Novoselic's column runs every Tuesday on the Daily Weekly. Read about what's spinning on his turntable, every Friday on Reverb.​These are the final days of the 2009 election, and as usual it's Tim Eyman, the Initiative King, fighting ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2009

    Another Day, Another Day in Court for R-71

    WAFST doesn't want anyone getting confused on how to vote.​It hasn't even made the ballot yet--in fact, it still might not make the ballot--but R-71's been spending more time in court than Perry Mason. Last week saw a federal hearing over the release of the names of signers (the judge authoriz ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2009

    R-71, Religious Association, and My Pentecostal Experience

    Krist Novoselic's column runs every Tuesday on the Daily Weekly.​When I lived in Yugoslavia, most of my relatives were either dogmatic Catholics or dogmatic Marxists. The schism would manifest itself most notably at funerals, where Marxists would refuse to enter the church and stood outside fo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2009

    Columbia City Bakery Starts Selling Yes on R-71 Cookies

    The Columbia City Bakery has just announced that, starting this Saturday and lasting up until the election, it will be selling heart-shaped shortbread cookies to raise money for Washington Families Standing Together. WAFST is working to get voters to approve Referendum 71, which will preserve the st ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2009

    What's Math When You've Got Bigotry?

    2 2 = homosexual conspiracy!​If it seems like the process of counting the valid signatures Referendum 71 petitions has taken forever, that's because it has. (R-71 would subject the legislature's expansion of domestic partnership benefits to a public vote.) With most referendums and initiativ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2009

    I Was Against It Before I Was for It: At Halfway Point, R-71 Looks Likely to Make Ballot

    The Secretary of State celebrates a job half-done.​At a little over two weeks since it began counting signatures for Referendum 71--the anti-gay referendum to limit domestic partnership rights--the Secretary of State's office is almost 50% done. Unless they seriously pick up the pace, the coun ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2009

    How California Should Reset Its Constitution, and Why We Should Care

    Krist Novoselic writes a column every Tuesday on the Daily Weekly, and rides a Tesla every time he's in California.On May 12, most California voters couldn't bother to show up for an election. Those who did vote chose to reject the wonky fiscal measures that Sacramento had to offer. The vote not onl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2009

    Looking for 120,577 Assholes

    Perhaps Bruno can help collect signaturesNow that the Governor has signed the state's new domestic partnership law, Attorney General Rob McKenna confirmed that same-sex civil union opponents have submitted the paperwork to make the law subject to a popular vote. The driving force behind the referend ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2009

    Tim Eyman, the Profitician

    Illustration by Tim GaborKrist Novoselic's column runs every Tuesday on the Daily Weekly.Here's how the initiative process is supposed to work: Like-minded citizens, activists and volunteers passionate about a law they think should be created or changed collect enough signatures to qualify the issue ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2008

    Dysfunction, Not Gays, Is a Threat to Marriage

    Illustration by Tim GaborKrist Novoselic's column runs every Tuesday on the Daily Weekly.Here's how the initiative process is supposed to work: Like-minded citizens, activists and volunteers passionate about a law they think should be created or changed collect enough signatures to qualify the issue ... More >>

  • Diversions

    October 29, 2008

    Why Won't My Mexican Boyfriends Treat Me Right?

    Illustration by Tim GaborKrist Novoselic's column runs every Tuesday on the Daily Weekly.Here's how the initiative process is supposed to work: Like-minded citizens, activists and volunteers passionate about a law they think should be created or changed collect enough signatures to qualify the issue ... More >>

  • News

    June 11, 2008

    Voters Want Choices. And They Want to Be Heard

    That's why Ranked Choice Voting makes so much sense.

  • Music

    June 4, 2008

    Voters Want Choices. And They Want to Be Heard.

    That's why Ranked Choice Voting makes so much sense.

  • News

    April 18, 2007

    Ghostwriting Haunts Aide to City Council member David Della

    A complaint has been filed with the Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission after David Namura wrote an op-ed piece for his boss on city time and equipment.

  • News

    October 11, 2006

    The Bodfather

    Call Colacurcio the city's oldest nude dance purveyor— but never a mobster.

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2006

    An Army Of Two V. Strippers

    Call Colacurcio the city's oldest nude dance purveyor— but never a mobster.

  • News

    July 26, 2006

    Zombie Ballot Measures

    Call Colacurcio the city's oldest nude dance purveyor— but never a mobster.

  • Blogs

    July 3, 2006

    The High Price of Nudity

    Call Colacurcio the city's oldest nude dance purveyor— but never a mobster.

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2006

    Stripping in November

    Call Colacurcio the city's oldest nude dance purveyor— but never a mobster.

  • News

    February 8, 2006

    Sexual Disorientation

    A court decision on gay marriage could aid opponents of the new, unrelated gay-civil-rights law.

  • News

    November 30, 2005

    Asking for Directions

    Voters were clear on Nov. 8. Now a map needs to be drawn by state transportation planners and politicians. It's a complicated route.

  • News

    November 23, 2005

    Merging Traffic

    Voters were clear on Nov. 8. Now a map needs to be drawn by state transportation planners and politicians. It's a complicated route.

  • News

    September 28, 2005

    Neither Dead nor Alive

    The Seattle Monorail Project is on the ballot for a fifth time because of political and financial miscalculations by a divided board with a mess on its hands.

  • News

    August 17, 2005

    Time for a Mercy Killing

    Unfortunately, reports of the monorail's demise are greatly exaggerated.

  • News

    October 20, 2004

    Defend the Homeland!

    Want to serve your country? Vote Bush out.

  • News

    June 2, 2004

    Decline to Sign

    Paid signature gatherers are a symptom of government failure and citizen ignorance.

  • News

    March 17, 2004

    From Slots to Tots

    This year's initiatives address everything from gambling to education funding. But new research suggests that voters are poorly prepared to make such big policy decisions.

  • News

    October 29, 2003

    Clip & Vote

    The condensed guide to our political wisdom.

  • News

    May 28, 2003

    Eyes on Eyman

    The Public Disclosure Commission has launched a new investigation into the tax-cut-initiative king's finances.

  • News

    November 13, 2002

    Going Nowhere Fast

    The Public Disclosure Commission has launched a new investigation into the tax-cut-initiative king's finances.

  • News

    November 6, 2002

    Voters: Our way, not the highway

    Most said no to transportation taxes, although nonconformist Seattleites said yes to monorail.

  • News

    October 30, 2002

    We Pick 'Em

    Seattle Weekly's choices for the Nov. 5 general election ballot.

  • News

    September 25, 2002

    Buzz

    Seattle Weekly's choices for the Nov. 5 general election ballot.

  • News

    July 17, 2002

    What Money Can Buy

    Seattle Weekly's choices for the Nov. 5 general election ballot.

  • News

    April 12, 2000

    Are ballot initiatives the enema of the people?

    Seattle Weekly's choices for the Nov. 5 general election ballot.

  • News

    March 29, 2000

    Men with initiative

    Two privacy initiatives propose to do the job Olympia's lawmakers won't.

  • News

    October 13, 1999

    Lucky levy?

    The $72 million tax increase for the Seattle Center Opera House and neighborhood community centers ain't no slam dunk.

  • News

    November 18, 1998

    My turn

    Referendum 49 gave transportation interests first crack at the state's 601-created financial reserves. The question now is 'Who's next?'

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