In an effort to educate as many voters as possible, I have listed (by number) and included a link to the Washington State Secretary of State Website. Please take the time to educate yourself before elections this year.

We must educate ourselves to take our state back. Please take the time to VOTE!

• I-1053 would restate existing statutory requirements that legislative actions raising taxes must be approved by two-thirds legislative majorities or receive voter approval.

• I-1082 would authorize employers to purchase private industrial insurance beginning July 1, 2012.

• I-1098 would tax “adjusted gross income” above $200,000 (individuals) and $400,000 (joint-filers), reduce state

property tax levies, reduce certain business and occupation taxes, and direct any increased revenues to education and health.

• I-1100 would close state liquor stores; authorize sale, distribution, and importation of spirits by private parties;

• I-1105, the second liquor privatization proposal, would close all state liquor stores and license private parties to sell or distribute spirits.

• I-1107 would end sales tax on candy; end temporary sales tax on some bottled water; end temporary excise taxes on carbonated beverages; and reduce tax rates for certain food processors.

• Referendum 52 would authorize bonds to finance construction and repair projects increasing energy effciency in public schools and higher education buildings, and continue the sales tax on bottled water otherwise expiring in 2013.

• House Joint Resolution 4220 would authorize courts to deny bail for offenses punishable by the possibility of life in prison, on clear and convincing evidence of a propensity for violence that would likely endanger persons.

• Senate Joint Resolution 8225 would require the state to reduce the interest accounted for in calculating the constitutional debt limit, by the amount of federal payments scheduled to be received to offset that interest.

Washington State Voter Information