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Washington Prohibit Tax on Income Initiative (2022)
| Washington Prohibit Tax on Income Initiative | |
|---|---|
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| Election date November 8, 2022 | |
| Topic Taxes | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type State statute | Origin Citizens |
The Washington Prohibit Tax on Income Initiative (#1408) was not on the ballot in Washington as an Initiative to the Legislature, a type of indirect initiated state statute, on November 8, 2022.
This initiative would have prohibited the state and local governments from imposing an income tax.[1]
Text of measure
The sponsor filed multiple versions of the initiative. Ballot language and full texts for the different versions may be found here.
Support
Supporters
The initiative was sponsored by State Rep. Jim Walsh (R). Tim Eyman, chair of Permanent Offense is co-sponsoring the initiative.
Arguments
Tim Eyman said, "This is our ONLY opportunity to kill off these income-based taxes NOW AND IN THE FUTURE. This is our ONLY chance to get this critically important initiative on the November 2022 ballot (initiatives to the people next year will be impossible -- California and other states are going to monopolize paid petitioners next year -- Washington will never be able to compete)."[2]
Opposition
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Path to the ballot
The state process
In Washington, the number of signatures required to qualify an indirectly initiated state statute—called an Initiative to the Legislature in Washington—for the ballot is equal to 8 percent of the votes cast for the office of governor at the last regular gubernatorial election. Initial filings for indirect initiatives cannot be made more than 10 months before the regular session at which their proposal would be presented to lawmakers. Signatures must be submitted at least 10 days prior to the beginning of the legislative session in the year of the targeted election.
The requirements to get an Initiative to the Legislature certified for the 2022 ballot:
- Signatures: 324,516 valid signatures were required.
- Deadline: December 31, 2021
The secretary of state verifies the signatures using a random sample method. If the sample indicates that the measure has sufficient signatures, the measure is certified to appear before the legislature. If the legislature does not approve the measure, it is certified to appear on the ballot. However, if the sample indicates that the measure has insufficient signatures, every signature is checked. Under Washington law, a random sample result may not invalidate a petition.
Details about this initiative
- State Rep. Jim Walsh (R) filed multiple versions of the initiative. On September 20, 2021, co-sponsor Tim Eyman announced they would begin collecting signatures for initiative #1408.[1]
- Sponsors did not submit signatures before the deadline on December 30, 2021, therefore the initiative did not qualify for the ballot.[1]
See also
External links
Footnotes
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