Washington Limitation on State Tax Revenues, Initiative 62 (1979)

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The Washington Limitation on State Tax Revenues, Initiative 62, was on the November 6, 1979 general election ballot in Washington, where it was approved.

Ron Dunlap and Ellen Craswell of the Washington Tax Limitation Committee filed 169,456 signatures to qualify it for the ballot as an Initiative to the Legislature. When the legislature did not take action on the proposed legislation, as provided by state constitution the measure was placed on the ballot.

  • Yes: 588,724 (68.34%)
  • No: 272,761 (31.66%) Defeated

The language that appeared on the ballot read, "Shall state tax revenues be limited so that increases do not exceed the growth rate of total state personal income?"

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