Washington: Nearly 350,000 signatures turned in for initiative
A voter initiative seeking to end the state monopoly on workers’ compensation could be headed for the November ballot. Sponsors of Initiative 1082 have turned in their signed petitions with state elections officials. The campaign says it has about 340,000 signatures. That’s well above the roughly 241,000 required get on the ballot. I-1082 is sponsored by the Building Industry Association of Washington, a construction trade group that’s very active in conservative politics.