Washington Direct State Legislature To Request Congress To Allow ...

Direct State Legislature to Request Congress to Allow Permanent Daylight Saving Time Initiative
Election dateNovember 2, 2021
TopicTime standards
Status Not on the ballot
TypeState statute	OriginCitizens

The Direct State Legislature to Request Congress to Allow Permanent Daylight Saving Time Initiative was not on the ballot in Washington as an Initiative to the People, a type of initiated state statute, on November 2, 2021.

This initiative would have directed the Washington State Legislature to send an official request to the United States Congress to authorize states to make Daylight Saving Time (DST) permanent.[1]

Contents

• 1 Text of measure
  • 1.1 Full text
• 2 Background
  • 2.1 History of time standards on the ballot
• 3 Path to the ballot
  • 3.1 The state process
  • 3.2 Details about this initiative
• 4 See also
• 5 External links
• 6 Footnotes

Text of measure

Full text

The full text may be found Initiative 1803

Background

History of time standards on the ballot

The following table provides information on ballot measures related to time standards and time zones that have been featured on statewide ballots. Information was compiled from Ballotpedia's catalog of ballot measures related to time standards.

History of time standards on the ballot
State	Year	Measure	Description	Result
Massachusetts	1924	Question 6	Communicate voters’ stance on daylight saving time	a
Maine	1924	Question 1	Uphold law establishing the state's time as Eastern Standard Time	a
California	1930	Proposition 7	Adopt daylight saving time statewide in California	d
California	1940	Proposition 5	Adopt daylight saving time statewide in California	d
Wisconsin	1947	Question 1	Communicate voters’ stance on daylight saving time	d
California	1949	Proposition 12	Adopt daylight saving time statewide in California	a
Oregon	1950	Measure 6	Allow the governor to adjust standard time to alleviate economic disadvantages	a
Oregon	1952	Measure 13	Repeal Measure 6 (1950) and provide for the time zone as set by Congress	a
Washington	1952	Initiative 181	Provide for the time zone as set by Congress	a
Oregon	1954	Measure 6	Adopt daylight saving time statewide in Oregon	d
Washington	1954	Initiative 193	Adopt daylight saving time statewide in Washington	d
Wisconsin	1957	Question 1	Adopt daylight saving time statewide in Wisconsin	a
Colorado	1960	Measure 4	Adopt daylight saving time statewide in Colorado	d
Oregon	1960	Measure 2	Adopt daylight saving time statewide in Oregon	d
Washington	1960	Initiative 210	Adopt daylight saving time statewide in Washington	a
California	1962	Proposition 6	Extend period of daylight saving time by one month	a
Oregon	1962	Measure 6	Adopt daylight saving time statewide in Oregon	a
Colorado	1966	Measure 6	Adopt daylight saving time statewide in Colorado	a
Michigan	1968	Proposal 2	Adopt daylight saving time statewide in Michigan	d
South Dakota	1968	Referendum 1	Exempt the state from daylight saving time	d
Michigan	1972	Proposal A	Adopt daylight saving time statewide in Michigan	a
California	2018	Proposal 7	Authorize legislature to adopt year-round daylight saving time	a

Path to the ballot

See also: Laws governing the initiative process in Washington

The state process

In Washington, the number of signatures required to qualify a directly initiated state statute—called an Initiative to the People in Washington—for the ballot is equal to 8 percent of the votes cast for the office of governor at the last regular gubernatorial election. Initial filings for direct initiatives cannot be made more than 10 months before the general election at which their proposal would be presented to voters. Signatures must be submitted at least four months prior to the general election.

The requirements to get an Initiative to the People certified for the 2021 ballot:

• Signatures: 324,516 valid signatures were required.
• Deadline: The deadline to submit signatures was July 2, 2021.

The secretary of state verifies the signatures using a random sample method. If the sample indicates that the measure has sufficient signatures, the measure is certified for the ballot. However, if the sample indicates that the measure has insufficient signatures, every signature is checked. Under Washington law, a random sample result may not invalidate a petition.

Details about this initiative

• Chris Wolf filed the initiative on January 25, 2021.[1]
• No signatures were submitted by the deadline on July 2, 2021.[1]

See also

2021 measures 2021 ballot measures Time standards on the ballot 2021 petition deadlines

Washington Washington ballot measures Washington initiative laws

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External links

• 2021 Initiatives to the People
• Initiative 1803 full text

Footnotes

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Washington Secretary of State, "Proposed Initiatives to the People 2021," accessed January 23, 2021