All North Olympic Peninsula voters will receive ballots that contain three proposed initiatives and two proposed amendments to the Washington state Constitution passed as state Senate joint resolutions and approved by the Senate and the House.
They are as follows:
■ Initiative 1125: It would limit spending from the state motor vehicle fund and vehicle toll revenue.
The vehicle fund and toll revenues could not be used for non-transportation purposes.
In addition, road and bridge tolls would be set by the state Legislature and would have to be targeted toward specific projects.
■ Initiative 1163: It would reinstate background checks and training and other requirements for long-term care workers and providers of services for elderly and disabled persons.
■ Initiative 1183: It would license private parties to sell and distribute alcoholic beverages and change the regulation of wine distribution.
All state liquor stores would be closed and their assets sold.
■ Constitutional amendment, Senate Joint Resolution 8205: It would remove a provision in the state Constitution that requires 60 days of residency in Washington state for Washington voters to cast ballots in a presidential election.
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that any residency requirement of longer than 30 days to vote is unconstitutional.
The measure makes the 30-day residency requirement standard for all elections in the state of Washington.
■ Constitutional amendment, Senate Joint Resolution 8206: It would establish a rainy-day fund called a budget stabilization account into which state revenues not dedicated to a specific purpose would be deposited during times of “extraordinary revenue growth.”
“Extraordinary revenue growth is defined by reference to a baseline consisting of the average biennial percentage growth in general state revenues over the preceding five biennia,” according to the state secretary of state’s website on the measure, http://tinyurl.com/3hnbl4x.
“Any growth in general state revenue that is more than one-third greater than the baseline is defined as extraordinary revenue growth.”
