Constitution · Washington

Wash. Const. art. XIV, § 2

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Constitution of Washington
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October 2026

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CHANGE OF STATE CAPITAL. When the seat of government shall have been located as herein provided, the location thereof shall not thereafter be changed except by a vote of two-thirds of all the qualified electors of the state voting on that question, at a general election, at which the question of location of the seat of government shall have been submitted by the legislature. Governmental continuity during emergency periods: Art. 2 Section 42.

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