Ballot Measure Summary
This measure would repeal a 9.9% tax on annual individual income over $1,000,000; prohibit state and local governments from imposing taxes on individual income or the receipt of individual income and taxes measured by an individual’s income; and define income as “any gain or benefit measured in money derived from an individual’s capital, labor, property, or other source.” It would also define “individual” as a natural person for purposes of excise taxes.
The Initiatives 2026
YES ON: IP26-645
STOP THE INCOME TAX
Why do we need this initiative?
The income tax is not just a tax on “the rich”; it is a legal test case designed to open the door to a broader statewide income tax. Senator Jamie Pedersen communicated openly with the Attorney General’s Office about how to get the Washington Supreme Court to reconsider longstanding income-tax precedent, and sidestep voters to pass his unconstitutional tax.
• Legislators refused to put guardrails in the income tax to prevent the threshold from dropping lower than on people who earn $1 million, that means this is a tax that is coming for all Washingtonians.
• The tax is imposed on individuals, not on the largest and wealthiest corporations, meaning many of the richest corporate entities are left untouched while individuals, pass-through business owners, entrepreneurs, and households with one-time income events are targeted.
• The tax has already accelerated capital flight by encouraging high earners, founders, investors, and retirees to relocate before the tax begins in 2028.
What Does it do?
IP26-645 Repeals Bob Ferguson’s unconstitutional 9.9% tax on annual individual income over $1,000,000; prohibits taxes measured by individual income and taxes on individual income or the receipt of individual income; and defines “income.”
• Protects businesses, individuals, entrepreneurs and families in the state who shouldn’t be unfairly taxed.
• Requires Olympia to fund the expansion of the Working Families Tax Credit, preserving tax relief for eligible low- and moderate-income working families.
• Protects future exemptions for household necessities such as grooming and hygiene products, diapers, and over-the-counter drugs.
• Provides small-business B&O relief, including the increased small-business tax credit and higher filing-relief threshold.
• Leaves in place the bill’s future rollback of sales tax on certain services, including provisions tied to retail-sale definitions and technical corrections for services newly subject to sales tax.
YES ON: IL26-001
STRENGTHEN COMMUNICATION BETWEEN PARENTS AND SCHOOLS
Ballot Measure Summary
This measure would re-enact RCW 28A.605.005 as it was originally enacted in Initiative to the Legislature 2081. The re-enacted law would list certain rights of parents and guardians of public-school children, including rights to review materials and student records, receive certain notifications and opt students out of certain activities. It would repeal amendments to the statute, which modified school obligations and access to certain student records and added certain parental rights.
Why do we need this initiative?
Earlier this year, Olympia stripped the right of parents to be informed about their children’s health care decisions. Defending that position, Jamie Pedersen, WA Democrat Senate Majority Leader said: “Parents don’t have a right to have notice, they don’t have a right to have consent about” their child’s health care decisions.
We couldn’t disagree more. We don’t co-parent with the government.
Hundreds of thousands of voters sent I-2081 to the legislature with a clear message that they don’t want schools to keep secrets from parents, but politicians in Olympia didn’t get the message. No government employee can care about or love your child like you do.
The legislature logrolled two additional laws:
- They made it harder for parents to hold schools accountable that have harmed a child.
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Mandated that OSPI can withhold funds if a district doesn’t follow State Superintendent Chris Reykdal’s dangerous and unlawful edicts.
What Does it do?
IL26-001 strengthens communication between parents and schools by re-enacting I-2081.
The re-enacted law would list certain rights of parents and guardians of public-school children, including rights to review materials and student records, receive certain notifications and opt students out of certain activities. It would repeal amendments to the statute, which modified school obligations and access to certain student records and added certain parental rights.
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Why do we need this initiative?
Earlier this year, Olympia stripped the right of parents to be informed about their children’s health care decisions. Defending that position, Jamie Pedersen, WA Democrat Senate Majority Leader said: “Parents don’t have a right to have notice, they don’t have a right to have consent about” their child’s health care decisions.
We couldn’t disagree more. We don’t co-parent with the government.
Hundreds of thousands of voters sent I-2081 to the legislature with a clear message that they don’t want schools to keep secrets from parents, but politicians in Olympia didn’t get the message. No government employee can care about or love your child like you do.
The legislature logrolled two additional laws:
- They made it harder for parents to hold schools accountable that have harmed a child.
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Mandated that OSPI can withhold funds if a district doesn’t follow State Superintendent Chris Reykdal’s dangerous and unlawful edicts.
What Does it do?
IL26-001 strengthens communication between parents and schools by re-enacting I-2081.
The re-enacted law would list certain rights of parents and guardians of public-school children, including rights to review materials and student records, receive certain notifications and opt students out of certain activities. It would repeal amendments to the statute, which modified school obligations and access to certain student records and added certain parental rights.
ENDORSED BY:
YES ON: IL26-638
PROTECTING FAIRNESS IN GIRLS’ SPORTS
Ballot Measure Summary
This measure would require policies prohibiting students it defines as “biologically male” from competing with or against female students in certain interschool athletic activities that are intended for female students only. Students who choose to participate in such activities must provide a statement from the student’s healthcare provider verifying the student’s biological sex, based on reproductive anatomy, genetic makeup, or normal endogenously produced testosterone levels. These requirements would apply to individual or team athletic competitions.
Why do we need this initiative?
“Biological men are competing in girls’ sports in Washington State, and it’s destroying fairness in girls’ sports. Title 9 created opportunities for women and girls to compete in sports, and those opportunities are being erased. As [two] female athletes who have been directly impacted by boys competing in girls’ sports, we are standing up for all 110,000 girls playing sports in Washington state middle and high schools. We’re too young to vote, but old enough to use our voice. We need moms, dads, grandparents, brothers and sisters to have the courage to stand up and protect fairness in girls’ sports.”
-Ahnaleigh Wilson and Frances Staudt
What Does it do?
IL26-638 will protect fairness in girls’ sports by prohibiting biological men from competing in female athletics.
This measure would uphold title IX by requiring the enforcement of policies prohibiting students it defines as “biologically male” from competing with or against female students in certain interschool athletic activities that are intended for female students only. These requirements would apply to individual or team athletic competitions.
Three important facts about the protecting fairness in girls sports initiative:
- Existing law requires athletes to have a physical exam that includes a declaration of their biological sex.
- There are no inspections at an event or competition, it’s already happened during the physical exam. (see above)
- No one is banned from playing sports, it simply restores fairness to athlete eligibility rules.
ENDORSED BY:
Why do we need this initiative?
“Biological men are competing in girls’ sports in Washington State, and it’s destroying fairness in girls’ sports. Title 9 created opportunities for women and girls to compete in sports, and those opportunities are being erased. As [two] female athletes who have been directly impacted by boys competing in girls’ sports, we are standing up for all 110,000 girls playing sports in Washington state middle and high schools. We’re too young to vote, but old enough to use our voice. We need moms, dads, grandparents, brothers and sisters to have the courage to stand up and protect fairness in girls’ sports.”
-Ahnaleigh Wilson and Frances Staudt
What Does it do?
IL26-638 will protect fairness in girls’ sports by prohibiting biological men from competing in female athletics.
This measure would uphold title IX by requiring the enforcement of policies prohibiting students it defines as “biologically male” from competing with or against female students in certain interschool athletic activities that are intended for female students only. These requirements would apply to individual or team athletic competitions.
Three important facts about the protecting fairness in girls sports initiative:
- Existing law requires athletes to have a physical exam that includes a declaration of their biological sex.
- There are no inspections at an event or competition, it’s already happened during the physical exam. (see above)
- No one is banned from playing sports, it simply restores fairness to athlete eligibility rules.
ENDORSED BY:
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