WASHINGTON FED. OF STATE EMP. v. STATE

No. 62082-2.

901 P.2d 1028 (1995)

127 Wash.2d 544

WASHINGTON FEDERATION OF STATE EMPLOYEES; et al., Appellants, v. The STATE of Washington and Citizens for Fair Campaign Financing, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Reconsideration Denied October 24, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marion Leach, Swanson, Parr & Cordes, Robert Spaulding, Edward Younglove, Harriet Strasberg, Olympia, for appellants.

Daniel Ritter, Seattle, Christine Gregoire, Attorney General, Thomas Holcomb, Asst., Roselyn Marcus, Asst., Olympia, for respondent.


MADSEN, Justice.

At issue is the constitutionality of section 26 of Initiative 134, a campaign reform measure adopted by the voters in 1992. Section 26 repealed former RCW 41.04.230(7), which authorized voluntary state employee pay deductions for registered political committees. On Respondents' motion for summary judgment, the trial court found section 26 constitutional. We conclude that Const. art. 2, § 19, which requires...

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