Ballot fight on WA income tax looks certain

By: Jerry Cornfield

Outlets: Washington State Standard

Published: July 2, 2026

Words: 886

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago

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TUMWATER – Opponents of Washington’s new income tax on high earners turned in more than 500,000 signatures Thursday for an initiative to repeal the levy, nearly double the amount needed to secure a spot on the November ballot.

Let’s Go Washington, the political committee that’s become the state’s leading purveyor of conservative ballot measures, delivered the boxes of petitions for IP26-645 at the secretary of state’s office shortly before 4 p.m.

The initiative seeks …

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