Facts, dates and information about Nov. 2 general election

The general election less than two month away. Mail-in ballots will be sent Oct. 15. The following are dates, information and facts about the election and issues on the ballot.

September 10, 2010 5:13 pm

The general election less than two month away. Mail-in ballots will be sent Oct. 15.

The following are dates, information and facts about the election and issues on the ballot.

Voter registration deadlines for Nov. 2 general election

Oct. 4 for mail-in or online registration, or changes to name or address.
Oct. 25 for in-person registration (at county elections office) for first-time Washington registrants.

Voter Resources

Military and overseas ballots (estimated 60,000) to be mailed out between Sept. 18 and Oct. 3.
General ballots to be mailed out by Oct. 15
Voters’ Pamphlets to be mailed out by mid-October.
Online Voters Guide is now available, featuring information on state measures, U.S. Senate, congressional legislative and judicial races.
2010 Video Voters Guide is now available on TVW website and MyVote at www.sos.wa.gov

Ballot measures

I-1053 would restate existing statutory requirements that legislative actions raising taxes must be approved by two-thirds legislative majorities or receive voter approval.
I-1082 would authorize employers to purchase private industrial insurance beginning July 1, 2012.
I-1098 would tax “adjusted gross income” above $200,000 (individuals) and $400,000 (joint-filers), reduce state property tax levies, reduce certain business and occupation taxes, and direct any increased revenues to education and health.
I-1100 would close state liquor stores; authorize sale, distribution, and importation of spirits by private parties.
I-1105, the second liquor privatization proposal, would close all state liquor stores and license private parties to sell or distribute spirits.
I-1107 would end sales tax on candy; end temporary sales tax on some bottled water; end temporary excise taxes on carbonated beverages; and reduce tax rates for certain food processors.
Referendum 52 would authorize bonds to finance construction and repair projects increasing energy efficiency in public schools and higher education buildings, and continue the sales tax on bottled water otherwise expiring in 2013.
House Joint Resolution 4220 would authorize courts to deny bail for offenses punishable by the possibility of life in prison, on clear and convincing evidence of a propensity for violence that would likely endanger persons.
Senate Joint Resolution 8225 would require the state to reduce the interest accounted for in calculating the constitutional debt limit, by the amount of federal payments scheduled to be received to offset that interest.