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Committee hears bill to recognize Election Day as a legislatively recognized day
Summary
House Bill 1116 would designate Election Day (the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November) as a legislatively recognized day in Washington and require the secretary of state to provide educational programming materials to support engagement.
House Bill 1116 would designate Election Day — the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November — as a legislatively recognized day, and would ask the Office of the Secretary of State to create programming materials to encourage education about democracy and voting, the committee heard.
Connor Schiff briefed the committee that the state currently recognizes a number of commemorative days; HB 1116 would add Election Day to that list and…
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