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Post-election look
Voters spoke loud and clear in Tuesday’s general election. Across the State of Washington, Tim Eyman’s Initiative 1033 is failing (by big margins) and Referendum 71, which extends rights of domestic partners, was passing.
The End of Eymanism?
As the state's vote count from Tuesday's election goes on - and on - returns show that reliable, longtime bastions of support are "Going South" on professional initiative sponsor Tim Eyman.
Observers: Loss by TABOR showing trust
People rarely have nice things to say about politicians. But Tuesday's lopsided defeat of Question 4 revealed that the vast majority of Maine voters trust their elected officials, political observers said Wednesday.
Maine, Washington Defeat Referendums on Tax Extremism
In Maine and Washington State, voters Tuesday overwhelmingly told the extremist right-wing, anti-worker crowd to take their efforts to cripple state governments and slash vital services and shove them.
Eyman concedes defeat for I-1033
Tim Eyman, the backer of Initiative 1033, admitted Tuesday night that the effort to cap city, county and state revenue increases appeared headed for defeat, but he told The Associated Press that votes had not given politicians a mandate to raise taxes.
Tea Baggers Get Kicked Where it Hurts
It should come as no surprise that most of the political and pundit class in the beltway are looking in all the wrong places as they try to use the 2009 elections as a barometer of where the country is at. The good news is, progressives won big on a topic that will likely define the nature of the midterm election.
Revenue cap initiative loses badly in Wash. State
The most sweeping plan yet from anti-tax activist Tim Eyman was soundly rejected Tuesday as Washington state voters appeared unwilling to put government on a forced diet of limited revenue.
Letters to the Editor: I-1033 lost because of Eyman, not opposition
In one person's opinion, Washington voters didn't vote against Tim Eyman's I-1033 beacuse the opposing campaign spent more. They voted it down because they understood it was a bad law, and they are sick of Eyman.
State’s voters opt for pragmatism
Gay rights, public services and experience. Up and down the ballot voters showed little appetite for nonsense and distractions. Pragmatism was the victor in early vote counting.
Initiative challenges reproductive rights
The Alaska Department of Law has questioned the constitutionality of a ballot initiative that would recognize fetuses as legal persons, but that hasn't precluded Lt. Gov. Craig Campbell from his duty to approve the vetted petition for signature gathering.
