For those who like to see actual, final polling figures in Washington State on November 4, 2008, here they are…
The question to the electorate was this:
“Initiative Measure 1000 concerns allowing certain terminally ill competent adults to obtain lethal prescriptions”
Result:
YESÂ Â 1,599,797Â Â (57.91 percent)
NOÂ Â Â 1,162,742Â Â (42.09 percent)
Total votes:Â 2,762,539
Of the three initiatives on the Washington ballot, more cast votes on Measure 1000. The law will not take effect until July 2009.