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2009 General Election Statewide Ballot Issues

Statewide Ballot Issues

Initiative 1033 Ballot Title.  Initiative Measure No. 1033 concerns state, county and city revenue. This measure would limit growth of certain state, county and city revenue to annual inflation and population growth, not including voter-approved revenue increases. Revenue collected above the limit would reduce property tax levies. Should this measure be enacted into law? __Yes __No
Initiative 1033 Ballot Summary.  This measure would limit growth in state revenues deposited in funds subject to the state expenditure limit, and limit growth in county and city revenues deposited into the county and city current expense funds. The limit would be adjusted based on annual growth in inflation and population. The limit also would apply to revenues transferred out of these funds. The limit would exclude voter-approved revenue increases. Revenues above the limit would reduce property tax levies.

Referendum 71 Ballot Title.  The Legislature passed Engrossed Second Substitute Senate Bill 5688 concerning rights and responsibilities of state-registered domestic partners and voters have filed a sufficient referendum petition on this bill. This bill would expand the rights, responsibilities, and obligations accorded state-registered same-sex and senior domestic partners to be equivalent to those of married spouses, except that a domestic partnership is not a marriage. Should this bill be __Approved __Rejected

Click here for a non-biased, non-partisan summary of the ballot issues researched and produced League of Women Voters of Seattle.

The Secretary of State's Online Voter's Guide for the 2009 General Election can be found on their Election & Voting page.  Voters' Pamphlets and pamphlets in other formats (Braille, audio cassette, large print) or languages (Spanish, Chinese) are available here.  You can personalize your Voters' Pamphlet by clicking on this page.



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2008 General Election Results for statewide ballot measures, federal, congressional, state executive, legislative and judicial races, as well as voter turnout statistics can be found on the Secretary of State's website.   Election results for the Sound Transit (Regional Transit Authority) Proposition on the ballot in King, Pierce and Snohomish counties are also available on this page. 
 
 
 

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