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Lost by one vote: School districts will have to keep meeting the “Super Majority” mark February 2002 - Legislators in Olympia last night (2/20/02) voted down an amendment to the state constitution that would have allowed school districts in Washington state to pass elections with a simple majority rather than the current supermajority requirement. That means districts will need to continue gaining 60 percent or more yes votes to pass levy and bond issues. The vote in the House of Representatives was 65-31, missing by only one vote the two-thirds majority necessary for passage. All 31 no votes were cast by Republicans. Sixteen Republicans voted yes. Democrats voted unanimously for approval of the amendment If the amendment had passed in the House, the Senate would have had to also pass it by a two-thirds vote, and the governor would have had to approve it before placing it on a ballot for a public vote. |
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