Spokane Proposition 3
Election Results
| Option | Votes | Pct |
|---|---|---|
| No | 20,788 | 65.83% |
| Yes | 10,791 | 34.17% |
* Race percentages are calculated with data from the Secretary of State's Office, which omits write-in votes from its calculations when there are too few to affect the outcome. The Spokane County Auditor's Office may have slightly different percentages than are reflected here because its figures include any write-in votes.
About The Measure
A nonbinding advisory vote asking voters if Spokane city leaders should raise taxes to pay for the costs of Spokane Proposition 1, if it were to pass. Supporters of placing this advisory question on the ballot say that if Proposition 1 is approved, it would increase the city’s legal bills, at the least. Opponents of placing this advisory vote on the ballot say the city council’s action to place this advisory vote on the ballot was an unfair trick by politicians to hurt the prospects of Proposition 1.
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Community Bill of Rights goes to Supreme Court
Supreme Court reviews whether voters should get a chance at the Community Bill of Rights.
Patience wins political battles
Activists can’t move the ball if they shoot for the end zone on every play.
Mapping the vote: City Prop 1, Worker Bill of Rights
Spokane City Proposition 1, the Worker Bill of Rights, was swamped in the south and northwest precincts.
Spokane voters reject worker bill of rights
A controversial measure to bolster worker rights in Spokane failed at the polls tonight, as 62 percent of voters rejected it. City of Spokane Proposition 1 would have amended the city charter to require large employers to pay workers a “family wage,” ensure equal pay for equal work regardless of gender or race and add protections against termination. The measure would make the rights of corporations secondary to people’s rights.
Truth-testing Spokane City Council candidates
The ballots are out, and candidates want your vote. But getting your vote can be a tricky proposition, so they try all kinds of methods. Pictures of them and their smiling spouse and kids. Dramatic commercials. A little bit of mud thrown at their opponent.
Truths, half truths and other campaign claims, Part 1
Election 2015 edition, on accusations of partisan agendas, cost of bike lanes and Chomsky.
Editorial endorsement: Proposition 1 wages war on economy
Vote no. Proposition 1 would make Spokane the most business-hostile city in the nation.
In race for Spokane City Council, Stratton and Verduin say they’re not proxies for Stuckart and Condon
Incumbent Spokane Councilwoman Karen Stratton is backed the council president. Her opponent, Evan Verduin, is supported by the mayor.
Election preview: Spokane Proposition 1, the Worker Bill of Rights
Spokane Proposition 1, the Worker Bill of Rights, is a four-pronged proposition that would amend the city charter to require large employers to pay workers a “family wage,” ensure equal pay for equal work regardless of gender or race and add protections against termination.
Supreme Court will decide if Envision Spokane’s 2013 initiative will be placed on ballot
More than two years after the Community Bill of Rights was blocked from the ballot by a Superior Court judge, the Washington state Supreme Court agreed to hear the case this week, starting a 30-day countdown for both sides to prepare their arguments.
Judge rejects Condon’s attempt to block vote on worker rights
A Superior Court judge on Thursday denied Spokane Mayor David Condon’s request to block Envision Spokane’s Worker Bill of Rights from appearing on the Nov. 3 ballot, saying that the state Supreme Court generally rules against preventing an election from occurring. “There is a process that the court has to give some respect to,” said Judge Salvatore Cozza.
Judge rules against mayor, allows Envision to appear on November ballot
A Superior Court judge denied Spokane Mayor David Condon’s request to block Envision Spokane’s Worker Bill of Rights from appearing on the Nov. 3 ballot this afternoon, saying that the state Supreme Court generally rules that “it is not a favored act to restrain or prevent an election to occur.”
City responds to Envision claim
The city of Spokane asserted the mayor’s right to “initiate and control litigation” in a court document Wednesday, a claim aimed at Envision Spokane, which argued earlier in the week that the mayor didn’t have the authority to block its Worker Bill of Rights from November’s ballot. In a 12-page response, the city argued that “time is of the essence” for the Spokane County Superior Court to act and strip Envision’s measure from the ballot. Superior Court Judge Salvatore Cozza will hear the case today.
Envision Spokane: Mayor doesn’t have authority to block measure from reaching ballot
Envision Spokane is pushing back against Mayor David Condon, who last week sued to keep the group’s Worker Bill of Rights from appearing on the city’s general election ballot in November. In an official response to the city’s lawsuit, which was filed at Condon’s direction, the group argues that the mayor doesn’t have the authority to prevent the measure from reaching the ballot, and that only a supermajority of City Council members can block any initiative from appearing before voters.
Shawn Vestal: People, not city, should vote on workers’ bill of rights
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Condon sues to keep Envision’s Worker Bill of Rights off ballot
Spokane Mayor David Condon is trying to block the Worker Bill of Rights from appearing on the November ballot just a week after the City Council approved the measure for the ballot. The latest measure put forth by Envision Spokane – the group’s fourth to qualify for the ballot – would amend the city charter to require large employers to pay workers a “family wage,” ensure equal pay for equal work regardless of gender or race, and make it more difficult to terminate workers. The measure would make the rights of a corporation secondary to people’s rights.
Condon wants Worker Bill of Rights blocked from ballot
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Workers Bill of Rights proposal qualifies for Spokane ballot
Enough signatures have been collected in Spokane to put a proposed Workers Bill of Rights charter amendment on this November’s ballot. If passed, the newest measure put forth by Envision Spokane would amend the city charter to require large employers to pay workers a “family wage,” ensure equal pay for equal work regardless of gender or race, and make it more difficult to terminate workers. The measure would make the rights of a corporation secondary to people’s rights.
Court orders initiative vote
Envision Spokane, the twice-failed initiative seeking to bolster environmental protection and neighborhood and labor rights, will be before voters again, after a decision Thursday by a state appellate court. The ruling reverses a 2013 decision by a Superior Court judge to remove the controversial measure from that year’s general election ballot. The court ordered the city to put the measure on the next available ballot.