Washington Superior Judge reverses lower court ruling: I-1639 ballot WILL appear in November

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SUPREME Wa Judge makes changes?

Washington state gun control initiative will appear on November ballot

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[AMT]

So, they can write any mumbo-jumbo on the back of petitions and ask for voters signatures supporting some inititative???

And SOS Wyman (R) supports it?????

 

[Caveman Jim]

SMH!!! Corruption runs rampant in the liberal controlled house!!!

 

[Camelfilter]

Hmmm...

Might as well make the ballot question: yes/no? Tell you about what later.

 

[CountryGent]

Well, crap. If there is anything us neighbors to your south can do to help, I am all ears.

 

[MilitantBEEMER]

To our Washington members, sorry. I was hooting and high fiving a buddy of mine when the lower court shot it down. Very disheartening..

 

[AMT]

Hang on to your hats. You know what happens here will evenually make its way to your state too. (vise versa for things that happen your way eventually makes its way North. )

 

[CountryGent]

Hang on to your hats. You know what happens here will evenually make its way to your state too. (vise versa for things that happen your way eventually makes its way North. )

Exactly. We all need to fight this, even if we aren't in the Evergreen State.

"We must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately." — Benjamin Franklin​

 

[Jonnyuma]

The Comments section (after The Hill story) are a special kind of stupid.
I usually find that to be the most entertaining part of any article... not so much this time.

 

[Tomahawk67]

I didn't get the memo that judges now run the show.

 

[titsonritz]

Oregon will be in the same boat soon enough, again.

 

[JeremyK]

It's just a never ending cycle...

 

[P7M13]

Excerpts from the article:

Thurston County Superior Court Judge James Dixon initially blocked the petition because it did not follow election law.

"There is no legislative mandate that the secretary must decline to certify and present to voters an initiative based on failure to comply with the requirement that a 'readable, full, true, and correct copy' of the initiative appear on the back of every petition," the justice said, according to AP.

"This clears the way for our preparations to put I-1639 before voters in time for ballots to be printed," Wyman said in a statement. "My priority is protecting Washington citizens' right to make informed use of our state constitution's initiative process."
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WTF? How is not following election law by not including a copy of the initiative on the back of a petition making informed use of the state constitution's initiative process?
I smell a SCOTUS challenge.

 

[titsonritz]

Sept 4th cannot come fast enough.

 

[GWS]

Start talking to your friends family and neighbors. Let them know what this law is really about. Tell them and remind them as the election gets close and whenever the election comes up in conversation.
NO on I-1639
We can beat this!
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[Diamondback]

And NO on any incumbent WSSC justice, too, while you're at it...

 

[Stomper]

"There is no legislative mandate that the secretary must decline to certify and present to voters an initiative based on failure to comply with the requirement that a 'readable, full, true, and correct copy' of the initiative appear on the back of every petition," the justice said,

When "the law" becomes lawless... you know what comes next , right?

 

[Diamondback]

When "the law" becomes lawless... you know what comes next , right?

Yeah... when they ban swords, hoist the colors and BECOME A PIRATE. Yarrrrr!

 

[American123]

When "the law" becomes lawless... you know what comes next , right?

I heard it stated as when tyranny becomes law...

 

[bentoncity]

Decision by WSSC. Grab your ankles..

Dan