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Initiative to the Legislature IL26-638 (Girls' Sports Participation)

Washington

My vote power

Above average

Election date

November 3, 2026

How do we calculate my vote power?

What goes into the rating for ballot measures: Representation: how much weight one vote carries here compared with a statewide vote — the smaller the district, the more each vote counts. You have more power in ballot measures because you vote directly on the policy.

Representation: Average · 50 out of 100

This district covers a large share of its state, so each vote carries about average weight — like a vote in a statewide race. About 7,816,116 people live here.

Show the representation math

score = 50 + 50 × ln(state population ÷ this district's) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50 + 50 × ln(7,816,116 ÷ 7,816,116) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50, measured against a statewide vote in WA (grades: 66+ high, 55+ above average, 33+ average, otherwise low; a statewide race is the 50 baseline)

Average representation + a direct vote on the policy → My vote power: Above average.

Ballot Measure

Opposes: Civil Rights, Data Privacy

Initiative to the Legislature IL26-638 would require school athletic policies to prohibit students it defines as biologically male from competing in female-only interschool sports. Students choosing to participate in those sports would have to provide a health-care-provider statement verifying biological sex using reproductive anatomy, genetic makeup, or naturally produced testosterone levels.

Read the official ballot measure (PDF)

A YES vote means

A yes vote creates the sex-based participation restriction and health-care-provider verification requirement for female-only interschool sports.

A NO vote means

A no vote leaves current Washington school-athletics eligibility rules unchanged.

Sources: sos.wa.gov2

Source: sos.wa.gov