Washington: I-1029

The four major ballot initiatives up for a vote this November, I-1000, I-985, I-1029 and Prop. 1, all have positive support according to the latest Washington Poll. 

I-1000, which would legalize assisted suicide based upon the same legal constraints as a similar Oregon law, leads  its opponents 56-38.

Meanwhile I-985, which seeks to reduce traffic congestion by coordinating red lights and opening up HOV lanes, leads narrowly with a 45-43 count among voters statewide.

I-1029, requiring more training for certain health care workers, leads handily, 65-20.

A proposed initiative to allow smoking in certain businesses, notably private clubs and cigar bars, has fallen painfully short of the 224,800 signatures required to gain a place on the November ballot. The Olympian has a story on the ill-fated Initiative 1016, which collected more than 213,000 signatures, just over 10,000 short of the necessary amount.

The Tacoma News-Tribune has the scoop on which ballot initiatives are likely to turn in the necessary 250,000 signatures to earn ballot access between now and the July 3 deadline courtesy of Secretary of State Sam Reed's communications director Dave Ammons, the former AP writer.