Monthly Archives: March 2006
Analysis of Michigan bill to shrink petition sizes to 8.5 by 11
I found a legislative analysis on HB 4328, which would shrink Michigan's initiative petitions to standard printer page. The bill passed their house 100-7 last year, but has not yet been discussed in the Senate. Most interesting parts are the … Continue reading
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Housekeeping notes
A couple of things the last week. Got a message at home from the Code Reviser's office. The sizes of petitions have been changed twice. In 1913 they were initially set at 12×14 (probably something to do with standard size … Continue reading
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Seattle and Spokane already allows printer sized petitions
Seattle: SMC 2.08.030 Specifications for petition. When the ballot title has been established for a proposed initiative measure, the persons proposing such measure may prepare blank petitions, printed on single sheets of paper of good writing quality no smaller in … Continue reading
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SoS office, not so much help
Looks like I’m headed down to the State Library in Tumwater and sending an email to the Code Reviser’s Office. From: Clarke, Tina Mailed-By: secstate.wa.gov To: emmettoconnell@gmail.com Cc: “Wills, Patricia” Date: Mar 20, 2006 11:08 AM Subject: RE: Initiative petition … Continue reading
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Effort in Michigan to change petition size
About a year ago in Michigan Rep. Leon Drolet (R) introduced a bill to allow petitions to be as small as 8.5 by 11. Right now in Michigan the rule spells out exactly 8.5×14, but Drolet’s bill which passed the … Continue reading
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Legislative path of initiative laws
I did answer one question today, wasn’t hard to do. If there is a law changing the initiative process, what path would it take through the legislature? This is an important question because what committees hear a bill is important … Continue reading
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Email to SoS elections office
This seems like a good first step. I wanted to set up some meetings with my local legislators, but I think I should cover my bases first: To: elections@secstate.wa.gov Subject: Intitiave petition page size question I’m working on a project … Continue reading
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Thoughts from Horsesass.org and Evergreen Politics
Both Evergreen Politics and Horse’s Ass wrote about (printer) Democracy yesterday, with a relatively thoughtful comment thread resulting from the HA post. David at HA initially kicked it off by pointing out that my solution would be only helpful as … Continue reading
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Washington requires the largest petitions in the country
I knew there had to be something wrong here. From a not very deep look into our nation's initiative petitions, Washington State requires the largest — no less than 11×14 inches, almost twice the size of standard printer paper. None … Continue reading
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sample petition back up
That didn’t take me long. Discovered a new resource for old initiatives so I didn’t have to do alot of deleting. UPDATE: Based on some email insight last night, I decided to try to get the pages down to two … Continue reading
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