Rix v. Asadoorian

The “courts differ as to whether ... an amendment becomes effective on the day of the election, at the time when the vote is canvassed, or at the time when the result of the popular vote is made public . . . Unless a constitution specifically provides otherwise, the better rule would seem to be that an amendment does not become effective in any case until the vote has been canvassed and the result announced.” Dodd, The Revision and Amendment of State Constitutions, pp. 203-204 (1910); State ex rel Washington v. Coe, 49 Wash. 2d 849; Jameson, Constitutional Conventions (4th ed.) 545. In…