December 30th, 2021 Update 

The proposed Washington ballet intuitive challenging the WA Cares long-term care program fails to gather enough signatures.

This ballot initiative failed and did not get the 326,000 certified signatures required to take this to a vote next November. 

So now we wait until we hear from the legislature regarding the delay (timeline and next steps)…

Here’s an article with additional information about this initiative -- https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/proposed-washington-ballot-initiative-challenging-wa-cares-long-term-care-program-fails-to-gather-enough-signatures/

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