Washington Prohibit Income Tax Initiative (2021)

Prohibit Income Tax Initiative

Election date
November 2, 2021
Topic
Taxes
Status
Not on the ballot
Type
State statute| Origin
Citizens

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The Washington Prohibit Income Tax Initiative was not on the ballot in Washington as an Initiative to the People, a type of initiated state statute, on November 2, 2021.

This initiative would have prohibited state and local governments from imposing an income tax.[1]

## Contents

* 1 Text of measure
* 2 Path to the ballot
* 2.1 The state process
* 2.2 Details about this initiative
* 3 See also
* 4 External links
* 5 Footnotes

## Text of measure[edit]

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[edit]

See also: Laws governing the initiative process in Washington

### The state process[edit]

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 2021 ballot:

* Signatures: 324,516 valid signatures were required.
* Deadline: The deadline to submit signatures was July 2, 2021.

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[edit]

* Tim Eyman filed multiple versions of the initiative.[1]
* No signatures were submitted by the deadline on July 2, 2021.[1]

## See also[edit]

2021 measures

* 2021 ballot measures
* Taxes on the ballot
* 2021 petition deadlines

Washington

* Washington ballot measures
* Washington initiative laws

News and analysis

* Ballot measure lawsuits
* Ballot measure readability
* Ballot measure polls
* Ballot measure signature costs

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## External links[edit]

* 2021 Initiatives to the People

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Washington Secretary of State, "Proposed Initiatives to the People 2021," accessed January 23, 2021

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