Foes of WA income tax race to collect initiative signatures

Signature-gatherers for an initiative to ditch Washington’s new income tax did steady business at a Tumwater church Wednesday afternoon.

Seated under a tent outside The Remnant church, a quartet of volunteers spent three hours showing people where to sign petitions for the measure, IP26-645, to give voters the opportunity this fall to erase the controversial tax.

It was easy work. No sales pitches. Everyone had come purposefully to help get the initiative on the ballot this November. The measure would repeal the 9.9% tax on individual and household wage income above $1 million a year before it starts.

“It’s important. I’m quite worried about taxes here,” said Denise Icks of Olympia, one of the first to arrive shortly after 3 p.m.

https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2026/06/03/foes-of-wa-income-tax-race-to-collect-initiative-signatures/