On January 3, supporters of the initiative process in Washington state submitted 345,000 signatures on their initiative that would itself make it easier to petition for future initiatives. The requirement is 241,153 valid signatures. The initiative would outlaw harassment of petitioners, and would expand the time for circulating statewide initiatives from 6 months to one year. See this story.
Will the West [Coast] be in time to save the old East ???
— See Churchill comments about the U.S.A. in the West saving old Europe in the relative East in both WW I and WW II.
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