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Tim Eyman’s I-1053 earns ballot spot

Tim Eyman’s I-1053 earns ballot spot

Initiative activist Tim Eyman and his partners will again appear on the Washington state ballot this year.  Their Initiative 1053, making it harder for Olympia to raise taxes, cleared its last major hurdle on Monday when the state Elections Division announced that the sponsors submitted enough voter signatures to make the November ballot. I-1053 became the fourth initiative to qualify for the ballot, and two others are widely expected to qualify, too.  That would equal the modern record set in…

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WA income tax plan headed for ballot

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…

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Booze & ballots: A popular initiative topic

Booze & ballots: A popular initiative topic

The very first initiative ever passed by Washington voters, back in 1914 when the state was just a pup, was Prohibition.   And ever since, liquor and its sales and regulation has been a regular topic for initiatives, including two dueling liquor privatization measures now circulating for signatures (I-1100 and I-1105). Photograph courtesy of the Washington State Digital Archives An Elections Division compilation covering most of statehood showed 58 booze-related initiatives. Measures dealing with DUIs and alcohol servers also were filed…

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