1934

• 2, regarding the blanket primary election
  Primary election
  A primary election is an election in which party members or voters select candidates for a subsequent election. Primary elections are one means by which a political party nominates candidates for the next general election....
  
  . Passed by the legislature in 1935. Was supported by Washington State Grange and Washington State AFL-CIO
  AFL-CIO
  The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, commonly AFL–CIO, is a national trade union center, the largest federation of unions in the United States, made up of 56 national and international unions, together representing more than 11 million workers...
  
  . Dominant political parties repeatedly challenged the law. The Washington State Democratic Party
  Washington State Democratic Party
  The Washington State Democratic Party is the local Democratic Party branch in the State of Washington, headquartered in the Broderick Building in Downtown Seattle. It is also commonly referred to as the Washington State Democrats and the Washington Democratic Party.-Washington State Democratic...
  
   sued Washington's Secretary of State The blanket primary was ruled unconstitutional by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
  United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is a U.S. federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts:* District of Alaska* District of Arizona...
  
   after the Washington State Democratic Party
  Washington State Democratic Party
  The Washington State Democratic Party is the local Democratic Party branch in the State of Washington, headquartered in the Broderick Building in Downtown Seattle. It is also commonly referred to as the Washington State Democrats and the Washington Democratic Party.-Washington State Democratic...
  
   sued Washington's Secretary of State in the case Washington State Democratic Party, et al., v. Sam Reed. The Washington State Grange organized and in 2004 Washington voters passed Washington Initiative 872, re-instituting the blanket primary.

1946

• 13, restricting the sale of beer
  Beer
  Beer is the world's most widely consumed andprobably oldest alcoholic beverage; it is the third most popular drink overall, after water and tea. It is produced by the brewing and fermentation of sugars, mainly derived from malted cereal grains, most commonly malted barley and malted wheat...
  
   and wine
  Wine
  Wine is an alcoholic beverage, made of fermented fruit juice, usually from grapes. The natural chemical balance of grapes lets them ferment without the addition of sugars, acids, enzymes, or other nutrients. Grape wine is produced by fermenting crushed grapes using various types of yeast. Yeast...
  
   to state-run liquor stores. Submitted to the voters in 1948 and rejected.

1956

• 23, regarding civil service
  Civil service
  The term civil service has two distinct meanings:* A branch of governmental service in which individuals are employed on the basis of professional merit as proven by competitive examinations....
  
   for sheriff
  Sheriff
  A sheriff is in principle a legal official with responsibility for a county. In practice, the specific combination of legal, political, and ceremonial duties of a sheriff varies greatly from country to country....
  
  's employees. Submitted to the voters in 1958 and approved.

1958

• 25, regarding dam
  Dam
  A dam is a barrier that impounds water or underground streams. Dams generally serve the primary purpose of retaining water, while other structures such as floodgates or levees are used to manage or prevent water flow into specific land regions. Hydropower and pumped-storage hydroelectricity are...
  
   construction and water diversion. Submitted to the voters in 1960 and approved.

1966

• 32, regarding the local processing of state timber
  Timber
  Timber may refer to:* Timber, a term common in the United Kingdom and Australia for wood materials * Timber, Oregon, an unincorporated community in the U.S...
  
  . Submitted to the voters in 1968 and rejected.

1970

• 40, regarding litter
  Litter
  Litter consists of waste products such as containers, papers, wrappers or faeces which have been disposed of without consent. Litter can also be used as a verb...
  
   control. Alternative measure, 40B, passed by the legislature in 1971. Per state constitution, both measures submitted to the voters in 1972. 40B prevailed.

• 43, regarding shoreline use and development. Alternative measure, 43B, passed by the legislature in 1971. Per state constitution, both measures submitted to the voters in 1972. 43B prevailed.

• 44, regarding statutory tax
  Tax
  To tax is to impose a financial charge or other levy upon a taxpayer by a state or the functional equivalent of a state such that failure to pay is punishable by law. Taxes are also imposed by many subnational entities...
  
   limitation. Submitted to the voters in 1972 and approved.

1978

• 61, regarding a minimum 5-cent bottle and can deposit
  Container deposit legislation
  Container-deposit legislation is any law that requires collection of a monetary deposit on soft-drink, juice, milk, water, alcoholic-beverage, and/or other containers at the point of sale...
  
  s on beer, malt, and carbonated beverages. Submitted to the voters in 1979 and rejected.

• 62, regarding limiting state taxes to the growth rate of personal income. Submitted to the voters in 1979 and approved.

1985

• 90, regarding a sales tax
  Sales tax
  A sales tax is a tax, usually paid by the consumer at the point of purchase, itemized separately from the base price, for certain goods and services. The tax amount is usually calculated by applying a percentage rate to the taxable price of a sale....
  
   increase to fund fish and wildlife conservation
  Wildlife conservation
  Wildlife conservation is the preservation, protection, or restoration of wildlife and their environment, especially in relation to endangered and vulnerable species. All living non-domesticated animals, even if bred, hatched or born in captivity, are considered wild animals. Wildlife represents all...
  
   and recreation programs. Submitted to the voters in 1986 and rejected.

1986

• 92, regarding Medicare
  Medicare (United States)
  Medicare is a social insurance program administered by the United States government, providing health insurance coverage to people who are aged 65 and over; to those who are under 65 and are permanently physically disabled or who have a congenital physical disability; or to those who meet other...
  
   charges. Submitted to the voters in 1987 and rejected.

1987

• 97, regarding hazardous waste
  Hazardous waste
  A hazardous waste is waste that poses substantial or potential threats to public health or the environment. According to the U.S. environmental laws hazardous wastes fall into two major categories: characteristic wastes and listed wastes.Characteristic hazardous wastes are materials that are known...
  
   cleanup. Alternative measure, 97B, passed by the legislature in 1988. Per state constitution, both measures submitted to the voters in 1988. 97 prevailed.

1988

• 99, regarding primary elections for U.S. president. Passed by the legislature in 1989.

• 102, regarding a tax increase for children and family services. Submitted to the voters in 1989 and rejected.

1990

• 119, regarding physician-assisted suicide
  Assisted suicide
  Assisted suicide is the common term for actions by which an individual helps another person voluntarily bring about his or her own death. "Assistance" may mean providing one with the means to end one's own life, but may extend to other actions. It differs to euthanasia where another person ends...
  
   for the terminally ill. Submitted to the voters in 1991 and rejected.

• 120, regarding the revision of state abortion
  Abortion
  Abortion is defined as the termination of pregnancy by the removal or expulsion from the uterus of a fetus or embryo prior to viability. An abortion can occur spontaneously, in which case it is usually called a miscarriage, or it can be purposely induced...
  
   laws, including the right to abortion before fetus viability. Submitted to the voters in 1991 and approved.

1991

• 134, regarding campaign finance
  Campaign finance
  Campaign finance refers to all funds that are raised and spent in order to promote candidates, parties or policies in some sort of electoral contest. In modern democracies such funds are not necessarily devoted to election campaigns. Issue campaigns in referendums, party activities and party...
  
  , including the prohibition of public funding of state and local campaigns. Submitted to the voters in 1992 and approved.

1994

• 159, regarding crimes involving firearm
  Firearm
  A firearm is a weapon that launches one, or many, projectile at high velocity through confined burning of a propellant. This subsonic burning process is technically known as deflagration, as opposed to supersonic combustion known as a detonation. In older firearms, the propellant was typically...
  
  s. Passed by the legislature in 1995.

• 164, regarding the restriction of land use
  Land use
  Land use is the human use of land. Land use involves the management and modification of natural environment or wilderness into built environment such as fields, pastures, and settlements. It has also been defined as "the arrangements, activities and inputs people undertake in a certain land cover...
  
   regulation. Passed by the legislature in 1995 but repealed by referendum the same year.

1995

• 173, regarding school vouchers. Submitted to the voters in 1996 and rejected.

• 177, regarding charter school
  Charter school
  Charter schools are primary or secondary schools that receive public money but are not subject to some of the rules, regulations, and statutes that apply to other public schools in exchange for some type of accountability for producing certain results, which are set forth in each school's charter...
  
  s. Submitted to the voters in 1996 and rejected.

1997

• 200, prohibiting government from discriminating or granting preferential treatment based on race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin in public employment, education, and contracting. Submitted to the voters in 1998 and approved.

2003

• 297, regarding "mixed" radioactive
  Radioactive waste
  Radioactive wastes are wastes that contain radioactive material. Radioactive wastes are usually by-products of nuclear power generation and other applications of nuclear fission or nuclear technology, such as research and medicine...
  
   and nonradioactive hazardous waste
  Hazardous waste
  A hazardous waste is waste that poses substantial or potential threats to public health or the environment. According to the U.S. environmental laws hazardous wastes fall into two major categories: characteristic wastes and listed wastes.Characteristic hazardous wastes are materials that are known...
  
  . Submitted to the voters in 2004 and passed.

2004

• 330, regarding medical malpractice
  Medical malpractice
  Medical malpractice is professional negligence by act or omission by a health care provider in which the treatment provided falls below the accepted standard of practice in the medical community and causes injury or death to the patient, with most cases involving medical error. Standards and...
  
  claims and insurance. Submitted to the voters in 2005 and rejected.

• 336, regarding medical malpractice lawsuits and insurance and healthcare provider licensing. Submitted to the voters in 2005 and rejected.

• 872,

External links

• Washington State Secretary of State: Elections: Initiative History and Statistics