WA income tax plan headed for ballot
Initiative 1098, a plan by Bill Gates Sr. and others to authorize an income tax on the wealthy and reduce some other taxes, is headed to the statewide ballot in Washington. Although state officials are investigating apparent fraud by one of the campaign’s signature gatherers, the state Elections Division announced late Thursday that a 3 percent random check of the huge number of unchallenged signatures showed easily enough valid signatures to assure a spot on the ballot. The campaign had…