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News & ArtsTuesday, January 12, 2010
Olympia No More Hiding Eyman Initiatives
Posted by Unpaid Intern on Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 4:08 PM
Posted by news intern Jon Brock
You may remember the big kerfuffle back during last year's election when people were skipping over Tim Eyman's pernicious Initiative 1033 because it hid in the bottom corner, camouflaged among the ballot's instructions. Well, state Representative Scott White (D-46) has filed a bill that would easily fix this error:
The ballot must have a clear delineation between the ballot instructions and where the voting is to begin. Immediately following the ballot instructions, the words: "BEGIN VOTING HERE" must appear in a font size larger than what is used for ballot instructions and ballot questions.
The bill is scheduled for a public hearing today in the House Committee on State Government and Tribal Affairs. We'll see if it goes anywhere.
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I propose an initiative requiring eyman to get verified signatures from 2/3 of all Washington State voters before he can submit any initiatives.
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"Further evidence of the retardation of our population."
Why would wanting to keep more of my money make me retarded? Especially since most of that money is headed to towards those with obvious social and mental failings?
Why would wanting to keep more of my money make me retarded? Especially since most of that money is headed to towards those with obvious social and mental failings?
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If they missed the 1033 section I don't see how they would see the "BEGIN VOTING HERE" right above it. Unless it's in <blink> tags or something.
The correct solution is never put a vote on the same column as the instructions.
The correct solution is never put a vote on the same column as the instructions.
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If you can't figure out that the voting starts when the words have the little round circles by them, maybe you shouldn't be voting.
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