Election Measures
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Statewide measures
State of Washington Restricting Gun Background Checks
This measure would prohibit government agencies from confiscating guns or other firearms from citizens without due process, or from requiring background checks on firearm recipients unless a uniform national standard is required.
| Option | Votes | Pct |
|---|---|---|
| No | 1,144,566 | 55.27% |
| Yes | 926,276 | 44.73% |
State of Washington Firearm Background Checks
Initiative Measure No. 594 concerns background checks for gun sales and transfers.
| Option | Votes | Pct |
|---|---|---|
| Yes | 1,238,970 | 59.27% |
| No | 851,298 | 40.73% |
State of Washington K-12 Class Size Reduction
Initiative Measure No. 1351 concerns K-12 education.
| Option | Votes | Pct |
|---|---|---|
| Yes | 1,048,833 | 50.93% |
| No | 1,010,327 | 49.07% |
State of Washington Advisory Vote No. 8 (Agricultural Excise Tax Preferences)
Advisory Vote No. 8 involves the Legislature’s decision that the state’s new legal marijuana growers can’t have some of the tax preferences that most other agricultural businesses have. The legislature doesn’t have to follow the advice it gets on the November ballot from voters.
| Option | Votes | Pct |
|---|---|---|
| Repealed | 74,011 | 50.91% |
| Maintained | 71,369 | 49.09% |
State of Washington Advisory Vote No. 9 (Leasehold Excise Tax)
Advisory Vote No. 9 involves taxes for some property owned by federally recognized Indian tribes. The legislature doesn’t have to follow the advice it gets on the November ballot from voters.
| Option | Votes | Pct |
|---|---|---|
| Repealed | 72,490 | 51.52% |
| Maintained | 68,208 | 48.48% |
City of Airway Heights Airway Heights Proposition 1
The Airway Heights Fire Department is asking voters to approve a levy to pay for the increasing cost of responding to emergency medical service calls. The six-year levy of 25 cents per $1,000 of assessed home value would raise about $114,000, Metzger said. The levy money would also help pay to replace equipment, including three automatic defibrillators that cost about $23,000 each.
| Option | Votes | Pct |
|---|---|---|
| Yes | 565 | 57.13% |
| No | 424 | 42.87% |
City of Spokane Spokane Proposition 1
Spokane city leaders are asking voters for a street levy to continue the street rehabilitation program it started a decade ago.
| Option | Votes | Pct |
|---|---|---|
| Approved | 47,673 | 77.56% |
| Rejected | 13,795 | 22.44% |
City of Spokane Spokane Proposition 2
Spokane city leaders are asking for a park bond to revitalize and repair Riverfront Park.
| Option | Votes | Pct |
|---|---|---|
| Approved | 42,440 | 68.58% |
| Rejcted | 19,447 | 31.42% |
Town of Rockford Rockford Proposition 1
The town of Rockford is asking for a one-year levy of 51 cents per $1,000 in assessed value for fire protection services. It is replacing an expiring levy. Rockford Mayor Steve Meyer said the town would use the money to pay for updated equipment, including replacing the turnout gear worn by firefighters when they fight fires.
| Option | Votes | Pct |
|---|---|---|
| Yes | 114 | 69.94% |
| No | 49 | 30.06% |
Town of Spangle Spangle Proposition 1
Spangle’s proposed one-year fire levy would replace an expiring levy and by used to pay for the town’s contract with Spokane County Fire District 3. The fire levy would be $1.50 per $1,000 in assessed property value, raising about $23,000.
| Option | Votes | Pct |
|---|---|---|
| Yes | 78 | 83.87% |
| No | 15 | 16.13% |
Town of Spangle Spangle Fire Levy
Spangle proposed one-year police levy would replace an expiring levy and by used to pay for the town’s contract with the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office. The police levy would be $1.19 per $1,000 in assessed property value, raising about $17,000.
| Option | Votes | Pct |
|---|---|---|
| Yes | 71 | 77.17% |
| No | 21 | 22.83% |
Spokane County Fire District 12 Spokane County Fire District 12 Proposition 1
Spokane County Fire District 12, which includes Latah and Waverly, is asking for six-year emergency medical services levy of 50 cents per $1,000 in assessed home value. It will replace an existing levy that is expiring. District 12 officials say they will use its levy money primarily for EMS training and supplies.
| Option | Votes | Pct |
|---|---|---|
| Yes | 101 | 53.44% |
| No | 88 | 46.56% |
Spokane County Fire District 2 Spokane County Fire District 2 Proposition 1
Spokane County Fire District 2, which encompasses the area around Fairfield, is asking for a six-year emergency medical services levy of 50 cents per $1,000 in assessed home value. It will replace an existing levy that is expiring. District 2 will use the money raised with the levy for EMS training and supplies and to maintain its ambulance.
| Option | Votes | Pct |
|---|---|---|
| Yes | 107 | 66.46% |
| No | 54 | 33.54% |