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Washington Reduce Property Tax Assessment Rates Initiative (2021)
| Reduce Property Tax Assessment Rates Initiative | |
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| Election date November 2, 2021 | |
| Topic Taxes | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type State statute | Origin Citizens |
The Washington Reduce Property Tax Assessment Rates Initiative (#1786) was not on the ballot in Washington as an Initiative to the People, a type of initiated state statute, on November 2, 2021.
This initiative would have reduced property tax rates from $2.70 per $1,000 of assessed value to $2.00 in 2022; $1.50 in 2023; and $1.00 in 2024. After 2024, future state property tax increases would have been subject to limits set in current state law. The initiative would have set a maximum rate of $3.60 per $1,000 of assessed value.[1]
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Path to the ballot
The state process
In Washington, the number of signatures required to qualify a directly initiated state statute—called an Initiative to the People 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 direct initiatives cannot be made more than 10 months before the general election at which their proposal would be presented to voters. Signatures must be submitted at least four months prior to the general election.
The requirements to get an Initiative to the People certified for the 2021 ballot:
- Signatures: 324,516 valid signatures were required.
- Deadline: The deadline to submit signatures was July 2, 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 for 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
- Michael McKee filed the initiative on January 7, 2021. Ballot language was issued on January 20, 2021.[1]
- No signatures were submitted by the deadline on July 2, 2021.[1]
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