- Committee on Elections and Elective Rights
Committee on Elections and Elective Rights
Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889
Washington's first constitutional convention met between July and August 1889 to draft the state's foundational text.
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Sessions (15)
J. J. Travis replaced W. W. Waltman on the committee. The committee received Paragraphs 1 to 4 of the petition from the Tacoma Typographical Union No. 170 and two petitions relative to women's suffrage.
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A message and proposition regarding suffrage were referred to this committee. The committee submitted a request to employ a clerk to the Convention.
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Petitions regarding suffrage and a proposition regarding elective rights were referred to the committee.
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The committee received a letter on women's suffrage.
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Propositions regarding elections and elective rights were referred to this committee.
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The committee received two messages and an article on Registration.
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The committee received several messages on women's suffrage.
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The committee received several petitions on women's suffrage.
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The committee received portions of a petition from the Knights of Labor Assembly.
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The committee received a petition on women's suffrage.
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The committee received a petition on women's suffrage.
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The report of the committee, which included the article on Elections and Elective Rights, was drafted and referred to the Convention.
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The committee received messages on equal suffrage.
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