Foes of WA High-Earners Income Tax Launch Repeal Initiative
The committee says it will need 308,911 signatures by July 2 to reach November’s ballot and may instead aim for a 2027 vote.
- On Tuesday, Let's Go Washington founder Brian Heywood announced the conservative group will begin gathering signatures for a November ballot initiative to repeal Washington's new income tax on high earners.
- Governor Bob Ferguson signed the 9.9% income tax into law earlier this year to fund schools, universities, healthcare and other state services, imposing the levy on household wage income above $1 million.
- To qualify for the November ballot, opponents must submit 308,911 signatures by July 2, though state election officials advise gathering closer to 400,000 to account for invalid or duplicate entries.
- Heywood estimates the campaign will cost more than $10 million for his group, while he expects supporters of the income tax to spend between $50 million and $80 million defending it.
- Opponents filed a lawsuit last month challenging the tax's constitutionality under a 1933 state Supreme Court precedent, though House Majority Leader Joe Fitzgibbon said Most Democrats feel confident defending it in court.
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Everett PostFight begins to repeal WA income tax, signature drive underway
(The Center Square) – Let’s Go Washington launched an initiative campaign Tuesday aimed at repealing Washington’s new income tax. As reported by The Center Square, LGW last Friday secured ballot titles and numbers for several different initiatives targeting a repeal of the “millionaire’s tax”, but today the organization announced they had narrowed it down to a signature gathering campaign for IP26-645. “Everybody at home is saying my property ta…
Income tax foes will pursue repeal on fall ballot
Brian Heywood, founder of Let's Go Washington, on Tuesday said opponents of the income tax are gathering signatures to derail it with a ballot measure this year. (Photo by Bill Lucia/ WashingtonState Standard)Let’s Go Washington began gathering signatures Tuesday for an initiative to repeal the state’s new income tax on high earners, the start to what could be a blockbuster ballot battle this fall. “We don’t care how you define it, income tax is…
Let’s Go Washington prepares to gather signatures for income tax repeal effort - The Daily Chronicle
The conservative political committee Let’s Go Washington plans to soon begin gathering signatures as part of its push to overturn the state’s new income tax on high earners. But the group said it remains undecided on whether it will pursue a ballot measure this fall, or an initiative to the Legislature, which would be likely to end up on the ballot in 2027. A spokesperson for the group initially confirmed to the Standard on Friday morning that t…
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