We’re already flattered to be hearing from Washingtonians who’d like to contribute money to our group. Until we get an electronic form online in the near future, please send your kind contributions to:
Sensible Washington
3161 Elliott Avenue, Suite 340
Seattle, Washington 98121
Make checks payable to Sensible Washington.
Thank you for your support.
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is there any expected date that the petitions will be ready? and what forms will they take both electronic and paper? you should try to get people from different cities of washington to get in on this to get the needed signatures.
Philip Dawdy, initiative co-author, responds: electronic signatures are not allowed in washington state. paper only.
I am very pleased to see this initiative proposed. As a registered voter, I will be more than happy to vote YES to legalize marijuana. I do not have spare cash to donate but I have a strong desire to volunteer my time toward this worthy cause, is there anything I can do??
Fact – There are no limits to an Initiative campaign – none at all. Contributions must be disclosed to State of Wa. Public Disclosure in the standard reporting methods.
Your group should be the same for the signature drive and the campaign, even if the dynamics change once you are on the ballot.
I am a Medical Cannabis Patient in NE Washington and would really like to be contacted when the petitions are ready. I have a LOT of people ready to sign! Here come the Army!
Currently the State Legislature is also considering decriminalization. Is there any potential conflict or significant differences between the initiative and the proposal in Olympia?
Philip Dawdy, initiative co-author, responds: The key difference between our proposed initiative and what’s called the decrim bill in the legislature is that the decrim bill would still make responsible adult marijuana users subject to police power and a $100 fine payable to the government and would create a paper trail of “tickets” that employers and such could track. Our initiative would remove all criminal penalties for adult use, possession and cultivation of marijuana. The decrim bill also does nothing to address Washington’s dysfunctional medical marijuana law and it offers no protection to patients who continue to get busted.
THANK YOU!! Please keep up the good work.
I will gladly support this! I’ll be sending a donation as soon as I can! I’m sure there is no shortage of support, but a facebook page should be set up for the cause to help spread the word even more. Updating supporters would be as simple as a status update… and since we’re dealing with ‘stoners’ the reminders would likely help a lot too.
Its about time, We have many people in prison and in jails for a stupid reason, and the money saved on them can be spent on the people that need to be there and not released because the lack of space and funds.Another fact is that the revenue from the tax could help our society in alot of different ways, not to mention the good people that could be put back to work in the industry and be allowed to work in other fields that were not available to them because of our drug screening practices of the past. WAKE UP …. WE ARE NOT BAD PEOPLE,THE TIME IS NOW
Great job Sensible Washington.. I will be signing the petitition and having everyone I know to vote yes to legalize canabis. Please let us know when donations on the website will be up and I will glady send some cash your way.
Best regards and keep up the good fight,
chie
Thank god. It is about time. I know of 100′s of people who are waiting to sign this initiative. I will also be in line and waiting.
I hope this turns out positively, and Mayor McGinn, can help by backing this as he stated. Let’s see if McGinn was telling the truth about this topic being a priority for him.
I will donate once the website is setup!
Philip Dawdy, initiative co-author, responds: Thanks Elton. We’re hoping you and hundreds of thousands more registered Washington State voters will want to sign the petition. Petition copies ought be available by March 1, barring anything unforeseen. This website should be set up for donations soon, hopefully by the weekend…again, barring anything unforeseen.
Are there any rules or limits regarding contributions to initiatives in Washington state? I’d like to make a donation but wasn’t sure if donations to state initiatives fall under the same sort of limits as donations to persons running for elected office.
Thanks in advance to anyone who can provide additional information about this.
Philip Dawdy, a co-author of the initiative, responds: There are rules for such contributions–too complex to get into here, but they are roughly the same as for candidates and generally govern how to report contributions to the Public Disclosure Commission–but there are no limits, with a few exceptions, as there are with candidates. Currently, we are not technically an initiative campaign as our proposed initiative is about 4 to 6 weeks out from approval for petition circulation by the Secretary of State and state Attorney General. So we are presently a political committee. The rules for contributions to a committee are roughly the same as for contributions to an initiative campaign. I hope that answers your questions. Thanks for your interest.
Two questions regarding donations:
* Is there a monetary limit on donations?
* Will names/info of those who donate be publicly available? Or can they remain hidden?
Thanks for your work.
How about some actual information concerning the specifics of the Initiative? Frankly, a great many of the legalization schemes strike me as naive, and overlook the manner in which the State consistently co-opts social movements for it’s own purposes.