Revised Code of Washington
Wash. Rev. Code § 29A.72.100 (2026)
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The person proposing the measure shall print blank petitions upon single sheets of paper of good writing quality (including but not limited to newsprint) not less than eleven inches in width and not less than fourteen inches in length. Each petition at the time of circulating, signing, and filing with the secretary of state must consist of not more than one sheet with numbered lines for not more than twenty signatures, with the prescribed warning and title, be in the form required by RCW 29A.72.110, 29A.72.120, or 29A.72.130, and have a readable, full, true, and correct copy of the proposed measure printed on the reverse side of the petition.
[ 2003 c 111 s 1811; 1982 c 116 s 8; 1973 1st ex.s. c 118 s 4; 1965 c 9 s 29.79.080. Prior: (i) 1913 c 138 s 4, part; RRS s 5400, part. (ii) 1913 c 138 s 9; RRS s 5405. Formerly RCW 29.79.080.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2010–2022 · leading case: Doe v. Reed, 177 L. Ed. 2d 493 (2010).
Doe v. Reed, 177 L. Ed. 2d 493 (2010). “§ 1(b); Wash. Rev. Code § 29A.72.100, 130, 140, 150, 160 (2008).”
Doe v. Reed, 561 U.S. 186 (2010). “§1(b); Wash. Rev. Code §29A.72.100, 130, 140, 150, 160 (2008).”
Kerry Slone, V. State Of Washington (Wash. Ct. App. 2022). “On appeal, Slone argues that the trial court erred when it determined article II, section 1(a) and RCW 29A.72.100 to be unenforceable. The State argues that the constitution provides no authority for invalidating the initiative after the voters approved it.”
Robin Ball v. Kim Wyman, 435 P.3d 842 (Wash. 2018). “II, § 37 ; RCW 29A.72.100. The superior court consolidated the cases, heard argument on August 17, 2018, and at the conclusion of the hearing, granted mandamus relief prohibiting the secretary from certifying I-1639 for the November election.”
State Of Washington v. Evergreen Freedom Found. (Wash. Ct. App. 2017). “RCW 29A.72.100, .120. The proponent must obtain a certain number of signatures from legal voters, after which the petitions are “submitted to the secretary of state for filing.”
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