WA judge rejects bid to ditch description of income tax initiative’s budget effects

By: Jerry Cornfield

Outlets: Washington State Standard

Published: August 7, 2026

Words: 700

Last Updated: 1 week, 4 days ago

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A Thurston County judge on Friday upheld a one-sentence statement that will appear on ballots describing the budgetary consequences of an initiative to repeal Washington’s new income tax on high earners.

Superior Court Judge Chris Lanese denied open government activist Arthur West’s request to amend the disclosure statement or remove it from the ballot. That decision abruptly ended a separate legal fight over the statement’s content set to play out in front of a …

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