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Wash. Rev. Code § 29A.36.090 (2026)

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If any persons are dissatisfied with the ballot title for a local ballot measure that was formulated by the city attorney or prosecuting attorney preparing the same, they may at any time within ten days from the time of the filing of the ballot title, not including Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, appeal to the superior court of the county where the question is to appear on the ballot, by petition setting forth the measure, the ballot title objected to, their objections to it, and praying for amendment of it. The time of the filing of the ballot title, as used in this section in determining the time for appeal, is the time the ballot title is first filed with the county auditor.
A copy of the petition on appeal together with a notice that an appeal has been taken shall be served upon the county auditor and the official preparing the ballot title. Upon the filing of the petition on appeal, the court shall immediately, or at the time to which a hearing may be adjourned by consent of the appellants, examine the proposed measure, the ballot title filed, and the objections to it and may hear arguments on it, and shall as soon as possible render its decision and certify to and file with the county auditor a ballot title that it determines will meet the requirements of this chapter. The decision of the superior court is final, and the ballot title or statement so certified will be the established ballot title. The appeal must be heard without cost to either party.
[ 2003 c 111 s 909. Prior: 2000 c 197 s 14; 1993 c 256 s 12; 1965 c 9 s 29.27.067; prior: 1953 c 242 s 4. Formerly RCW 29.27.067.]

Notes:

Part headings not law—2000 c 197: See note following RCW 29A.72.050.
Severability—Effective date—1993 c 256: See notes following RCW 29A.84.280.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 2017–2019 · leading case: End Prison Indus. Complex v. King Cnty., 431 P.3d 998 (Wash. 2018).
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End Prison Indus. Complex v. King Cnty., 431 P.3d 998 (Wash. 2018). · cites it 26× “But RCW 29A.36.090 provides that ballot title objections must be raised within 10 days of the public filing of that ballot title.”
End Prison Indus. Complex v. King Cnty. (Wash. 2018). · cites it 26× “But RCW 29A.36.090 provides that ballot title objections must be raised within 10 days of the public filing of that ballot title.”
Global Neighborhood v. Respect Washington, 434 P.3d 1024 (Wash. Ct. App. 2019). “Significant differences lie between a challenge to the title of an initiative and a challenge to the substance of the initiative.”
End Prison Indus. Complex v. King Cnty. (Wash. Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 8× “The County argued that EPIC’s lawsuit was untimely because EPIC had not brought a preelection ballot title challenge under RCW 29A.36.090. The County alternatively argued that summary judgment was appropriate because the ballot title adequately informed voters of the method by…”
Respect Washington v. Burien Communities For Inclusion (Wash. Ct. App. 2019). “RCW 29A.36.090. Third, a challenge to the Secretary of State's refusal to file an initiative or referendum petition must be brought within 10 days after the refusal.”
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