Income tax foes will pursue repeal on fall ballot
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 illegal in this state. And the voters in the state have voted numerous times to ban an income tax,” Brian Heywood, the founder and chief financier of the conservative political committee, said at a morning news conference.
Qualifying won’t be easy. The group must turn in 308,911 valid signatures of registered voters by July 2 — a time span of 51 days. State election officials suggest submitting at least 390,000 signatures to account for invalid ones.
“We are extremely confident that we’ll be able to do this,” Heywood said, noting the group gathered more signatures in less time to get an initiative concerning natural gas on the ballot two years ago.
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