As Kitsap voters consider Prop. 1 on the Nov. 3 ballot, let’s not forget the state’s first voter initiative, Prop. 1, proffered by the Washington State Grange in 1930. It brought electricity to rural areas by authorizing public utility districts, or PUDs.

Prop. 1 — now Title 54 RCW — gives Washingtonians the right to choose their energy provider to this day, as mentioned in the Oct. 4 editorial “ WA’s clean energy act puts unbearable burden on PSE customers .”

Most electric utilities delivered via PUD were launched in the 1930s. But in 2008, there was another Prop. 1, which was put before voters in Jefferson County.…