A judge ruled Friday that what have are known as 'financial warning labels' must be included with initiatives on the November ballot.
A Washington judge ruled Friday that what have are known as “financial warning labels” must be included with initiatives on the November ballot.
“Their lawsuit had one inexcusable purpose: to hide the truth about the impacts of these initiatives from voters,” Aaron Ostrom, executive director of the progressive advocacy organization FUSE Washington, said in a statement. “They know they will lose if voters understand what these destructive, deceptive initiatives actually do.”
In an earlier interview with KIRO Newsradio, Walsh argued the Democratic majority which passed the bill went to great lengths not to call the underlying legislation of the initiatives a “tax or fee.” Initiative 2117 would repeal the state’s Climate Commitment Act, which works to cap and reduce pollution while creating revenue for investments that address climate change. It raised $1.8 billion in 2023 through quarterly auctions in which emission allowances are sold to businesses covered under the act.
Walsh and Martinez claimed the law doesn’t apply to the three measures and asked the court to bar Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson from preparing statements on their fiscal impact and bar the secretary of state from certifying those statements.
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