
A local hot button issue is also on the ballot - Prop 4 would add a Community Bill of Rights to the City CharterOLYMPIA, Wash. - Two statewide ballot measures top the ticket Tuesday for Washington state voters.
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Voters also will decide an initiative (1033) to cap government revenue growth. Three state House races are on the ballot in Eastern Washington, and voters will also choose a new Seattle mayor and King County executive.
About 98 percent of the vote is being cast by mail. Pierce County is the only county that still has some polling places.
Mail ballots must be postmarked by Tuesday, or dropped off at a designated site.
Secretary of State Sam Reed expects 51 percent of Washington's 3.5 million voters to take part in Tuesday's election.
Spokane 'bill of rights' makes it to November ballot
(September 3, 2009)
As the November election nears, signs are popping up around the area for and against ballot measures and none, perhaps, more visible than Proposition 4.
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Even before the issue made the ballot, 'Proposition 4' has stirred up controversy with supporters on both sides of the issue.
Supporters say the 'bill of rights' makes Spokane healthy, democratic and sustainable - an extension of the City's comprehensive plan passed by the City Council.
Opponents say it is vague and against democracy.
The group 'Save Our Spokane,' has said that all of these proposed rights would create a nightmare of legal fees for the City tying up courtrooms and diminishing other services to balance out the additional costs.
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