Electoral reform in Washington (state)

[1] Part of the impetus for this measure was dissatisfaction with the "pick-a-party primary" system.

[2] Washington requires 1,000 petition signatures for printed ballot access.

[3] Voting rights of felons are restored upon completion of sentence, including prison, parole, and probation.

[4] Bills to join the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact and award Washington's 11 electoral votes to the winner of the nationwide popular vote winner were introduced in both houses of the Washington State Legislature in 2007, but they died.

[5] In 2005, Toby Nixon, a Republican member of the Washington State House of Representatives, started a campaign to implement the Schulze method for the election of the governor of Washington.