The state Supreme Court has decided to keep Initiative 1366 on this November’s ballot.
In a two-page ruling issued Friday, the court unanimously declined to block a public vote on the tax-limiting measure as opponents desired.
Now those foes vow to defeat the initiative they insist is unconstitutional.
I-1366 aims to pressure lawmakers into doing something they don’t want to do: put a constitutional amendment on the 2016 statewide ballot to require a two-thirds vote in both the state House and Senate to raise taxes.
And, under I-1366, if lawmakers don’t do this by next April 15, the state’s portion of the sales tax would be reduced from 6.5 percent to 5.5 percent. That would add up to a loss of roughly $1 billion a year to the state.
“We’ll work night and day to help people see the dangers of Initiative 1366” said Collin Jergens, Communications Director of Fuse Washington. “Tim Eyman’s Initiative 1366 would lock in place our state’s upside down tax system and make it nearly impossible to close tax loopholes or fully fund education.”
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