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October 16, 2020

Justices strike down Eyman's $30 car tabs

  • I-976 would have gutted funding for Sound Transit's light rail projects.
    • By GENE JOHNSON
    Associated Press

    SEATTLE — The Washington Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously struck down Tim Eyman's Initiative 976, a measure that would have steeply discounted the price of car registrations at $30 while gutting transportation budgets across the state.

    The justices said the measure violated the state Constitution's requirement that initiatives be limited to a single subject and that its description on the ballot was misleading.


     
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