We now have an idea of which initiatives Washington voters can except to see on the November ballot, thanks to the liberal special interests trying to find something to get voters excited about turning out this fall. The following is a list of high-profile initiatives that appear to have garnered enough signatures to qualify.
- Initiative 1433– pushed by Raise Up Washington, a union front group. I-1433 would raise the statewide minimum wage to $13.50 per hour and require employers to provide up to seven days of paid sick leave per year.
- Initiative 1464– pushed by a fake group called Integrity Washington and funded (hypocritically) by rich liberal outsiders. I-1464 would allow Washington voters to contribute $150 in taxpayer-funded donations (probably via a property tax hike) to legislative candidates every two years. The ultimate intention is clear: use taxpayer money to skew elections in favor of the far-Left.
- Initiative 1491– backed by New York billionaire Michael Bloomberg and Seattle billionaire liberal Nick Hanauer. I-1491 is a gun-control measure claiming it would prevent a person with violent tendencies from buying a gun or keeping a gun.
Bonus, though not a state-wide initiative:
Sound Transit 3 – Sound Transit board unanimously voted to ask voters for $54 billion. ST3 includes multiple regressive tax increases – raising the sales tax rate to 10% in much of the greater Seattle area and 10.1% in Seattle, a property tax increase of 25 cents per $1,000 valuation, an increase in car tabs, and (adding insult to increase) the fact that these taxes will never end.
