Measure on the ballot in the 2025 Washington General Election in Whatcom County.
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Get StartedCurrently, the number of signatures of registered voters required to be gathered before a member of the public can place a charter amendment on the ballot is set at 15% of the votes cast in the county in the last gubernatorial election. If adopted, this Amendment would change that requirement to 20% of the most recent county executive election. This would make charter amendments consistent with citizen's initiatives in basing the number of signatures off of the county executive election rather than the gubernatorial election.
The Whatcom County Charter Review Commission has proposed an amendment to the Whatcom County Charter to adjust the number of signatures required for the public to place a charter amendment on the ballot. This measure would amend Charter Section 8.22 to require a proponent of a charter amendment to register with the Auditor an initiative bearing the signatures of registered voters equal to twenty percent of the most recent county executive election. The current requirement is fifteen percent of the last gubernatorial election. Currently, based on the 2024 gubernatorial election and the 2023 county executive election, this would reduce the required number of signatures from 20,468 to 15,981.
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