By Friday's deadline, we expect to see at least six initiative campaigns submitting hundreds of thousands of petition signatures for a spot on the statewide November election. Six would tie the modern record set in 2000 for number of initiatives to the people in one year. All-time record, seven, was in 1914, the first year we had the initiative process. (We got Prohibition that year!
We offer this important caveat to efforts by some to persuade people to withdraw their signatures from amongst the hundreds of thousands that are submitted by sponsors to the Secretary of State for checking. While allowing withdrawal of signatures might seem like a logical and easy practice, in fact we do not remove signatures once they have been collected by sponsors and submitted to our office for verification.
...This year commemorates 100 years since the first Father's Day.
A father with children fishing on Lake Washingto
...the fountain graced on the Capitol grounds, is a replica of the Tivoli fountain in Copenhagen, Denmark. It was first dedicated in 1953 and has undergone multiple renovations over the years.
Port of Seattle at dusk in early summer.
Photo submitted by Paul Santos.
