OLYMPIA — Signature verification has been completed and certified by the Office of the Secretary of State for the following Initiative to the People:
- Initiative No. 2066 concerning access to natural gas for Washington homes and businesses.
The signatures have been verified by the Office of the Secretary of State Elections Division using a state-mandated process of examining a 3% random sample of submitted signatures. Sponsors of I-2066 submitted 533,005 signatures in support of the initiative. A review of the random sample of 15,991 signatures found that 12,960 of the sampled signatures were valid.
Initiatives to the People require signatures from at least 324,516 registered voters to qualify for the ballot in 2024.
Initiatives to the Legislature 2117, 2109, 2124, will also appear on the 2024 November General Election ballot. Under state law RCW 29A.72.290, I-2066 will be listed first on the ballot.
Washington’s Office of the Secretary of State oversees areas within state government including managing state elections, registering corporations and charities, and governing the use of the state flag and state seal. The office operates the State Archives and the State Library, documents extraordinary stories in Washington’s history through Legacy Washington, and administers the Combined Fund Drive for charitable giving by state employees and the Productivity Board state employee suggestion program. The Office of the Secretary of State also oversees the state’s Address Confidentiality Program to help protect survivors of crime.Â