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Citizens and the state legislature both have the ability to place new legislation, or legislation recently passed by the state legislature, on the ballot for a popular vote. Washington has three types of ballot measures that can be voted on in a general election: initiatives, referendums, and legislatively referred constitutional amendments.
The state constitution allows both houses to write their own rules of procedure (article II, section 9) and to elect their own officers (article II, section 10) with the proviso that the lieutenant governor may preside in each house and has a deciding vote in the Senate, but that the Senate may choose a "temporary president" in the absence of the lieutenant governor.
The Washington State Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Washington. It is a bicameral body, composed of the lower Washington House of Representatives, composed of 98 Representatives, and the upper Washington State Senate, with 49 Senators plus the Lieutenant Governor acting as president. [1]
Jeffrey Mark Holy, Sr. (born October 25, 1955) is an American politician, lawyer, and police officer currently serving as a member of the Washington State Senate for the 6th legislative district. A Republican, he previously served as a member of the Washington House of Representatives. Prior to entering politics, Holy was a police officer with ...
The Washington House of Representatives is the lower house of the Washington State Legislature, and along with the Washington State Senate makes up the legislature of the U.S. state of Washington. It is composed of 98 Representatives from 49 districts, each of which elects one Senator and two members of the House.
The Bill was re-introduced in 2009, passed, and was signed into law. [5] In 2005, Toby Nixon, a Republican member of the Washington State House of Representatives, started a campaign to implement the Schulze method for the election of the governor of Washington. This campaign ended when Nixon left office after a failed 2006 campaign for the ...
He served in the Washington State Senate from 1994 until 2006. [2] In 2003, Finkbeiner became the youngest Senate Majority Leader in state history. [3] He was known for his efforts to reduce partisanship, and during his tenure no bill was passed on a party line vote.
Jamie D. Pedersen (born September 9, 1968) is an American lawyer and politician serving as a member of the Washington State Senate, representing the 43rd district since 2013. [1] A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as a member of the Washington House of Representatives from 2007 to 2013.