Washington Initiative 276 (1972)
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| 1972 |
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276 |
| 2004 |
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872 · 884 · 892 · 297 · 2295 |
| 2005 |
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912 |
| 2006 |
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920 · 933 · 937 · 4233 |
| 2007 |
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960 · 957 |
| 2008 |
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1000 · 1029 |
| 2009 |
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71 |
| 2012 |
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74 · 502 · 1185 · 1240 |
| 2013 |
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517 · 522 |
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2006 · 2008 · 2009 |
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| Mayoral elections |
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2009 · 2013 |
Initiative to the People 276 (or the Public Disclosure Act) was a law approved by the people of Washington in a vote (plebiscite) held in 1972. The law required the state government to establish the Public Disclosure Commission in order to provide information to the public about campaign fundraising and expenditures The initiative was passed by the people at the same time as the November 1972 general election, by a margin of 72.02% to 27.98%.
The law has since been superseded by the Public Records Act. The current law on the subject is codified in the Revised Code (RCW), Chapter 47, Section 17.
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