Washington Voter Approval Requirement for Tax Increases Initiative (2022)
| Washington Voter Approval Requirement for Tax Increases Initiative | |
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| Election date November 8, 2022 | |
| Topic Taxes | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type State statute | Origin Citizens |
The Washington Voter Approval Requirement for Tax Increases Initiative was not on the ballot in Washington as an Initiative to the People, a type of initiated state statute, on November 8, 2022.
This initiative would have required voter approval of tax increases, thereby making Washington tax advisory votes under Initiative 960 of 2007 binding. Initiative 960, which was sponsored by Tim Eyman and approved by voters in 2007, requires statewide advisory questions whenever the legislature passes a bill that increases tax revenue. Thirty-five (38) advisory votes required by Initiative 960 have been on the statewide ballot in Washington from 2012 through 2021. A majority of voters were in favor of maintaining 10 of the tax increases. In the other 28 cases, a majority of voters were in favor of repealing the tax increases in question.[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.
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 2022 ballot:
- Signatures: 324,516 valid signatures
- Deadline: July 8, 2022
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
- Jim Walsh filed multiple versions of the initiative.[1]
- Signatures for the measure were not submitted by the deadline on July 8, 2022, therefore the initiative did not qualify for the 2022 ballot.[1]
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