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An initiative to boost training for home health care aides has been OK'd for the Washington ballot, but there's still a court challenge over its misprinted petitions.
An initiative to boost training for home health care aides has been OK'd for the Washington ballot, but there's still a court challenge over its misprinted petitions.
Secretary of State Sam Reed said Friday that Initiative 1029 has enough valid voter signatures to appear on the fall ballot.
Opponents are trying to block a November vote, because the petitions that voters signed say I-1029 would go to the Legislature first. But Reed accepted the petitions anyway, because all other paperwork showed I-1029 was intended for a statewide vote.
The state Supreme Court has scheduled arguments in the case for Sept. 4.
The Service Employees International Union is I-1029's major supporter. A group called the Community Care Coalition is leading the opposition.
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