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Top 2 Primary creates some all-in-the-family races

Top 2 Primary creates some all-in-the-family races

Ten of Washington’s 123 legislative races pit finalists who prefer the same political party, 25 lawmakers will be elected without opposition at all, and most of the rest will be traditional smackdowns between candidates who prefer the two mainline political parties. Washington’s Top 2 Primary system, adopted as the “People’s Choice Initiative” in 2004 and later upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court, allows all voters to choose their favorite for each office, without regard to party preference. The two who…

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Top 2 system produces some all-in-the-family races

Top 2 system produces some all-in-the-family races

Washington’s voter-approved Top 2 Primary says the two voter favorites for each office move forward to the November General Election, without regard to party preference of the candidates. As in the two previous years we used the new system, this week’s winnowing of the field produced mostly traditional R-D matchups for November.  Neither the U.S. Senate nor the nine U.S. House races will have two people with the same party preference, and most of the 123 legislative contests likewise. But…

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Here’s your quick guide to WA ballot measures

Here’s your quick guide to WA ballot measures

Here’s a quick once-over from our state Elections Division (recap only, not the fancy wording from the Attorney General wordsmiths): Office of the Secretary of State 2010 Ballot Measures Overview Initiatives on the Ballot Initiative Measure 1098 – State Income Tax on High Income Earners This measure would tax “adjusted gross income” above $200,000 (individuals) and $400,000 (joint-filers), reduce state property tax levies, reduce certain business and occupation taxes, and direct any increased revenues to education and health. Initiative Measure…

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