Washington State's 2019 elections included voters approving $30 car tabs once again, rejecting race-based quotas and overturning the legislature with R-88, and a tax revolt in the City of Camas, among other interesting results...

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In this video we discuss some of the 2019 elections from around Washington State. Special attention is paid to the success (for the 3rd time now) of the $30 car tabs initiative despite massive political insider and a $5 million campaign against it. We also discuss the success of the repeal I-1000, Referendum 88, the Camas Tax Revolt, and how a Mayor running unopposed for office can still lose.

A quick note – I usually try to do these videos in one take.  I don’t have notes, and I don’t use a teleprompter, so they are a little rougher than I’d prefer.  I made two clear mistakes in the video.  The first is I reference the fact that the R88 people raised “thousands” of dollars.  They actually raised around a million dollars, which is obviously more impressive than how I described it.  Secondly, I kept saying that “R88 passed,” but it would have been more accurate for me to describe this as “R-88 was rejected” which was the success of this campaign.  Referendums are always tricky and confusing because you have to first collect signatures to put it on the ballot, then you have to run a campaign to defeat it.  That is always confusing for voters who may not be on top of all the political details.  Regardless, while it is clear I am indicating in the video how the R-88 campaign succeeded, they didn’t “pass” R-88, nor were they trying to do so.  They were successful in giving the voters another chance to vote on race-based quotas and affirmative action, which, for the second time in 21 years, has been rejected by the voters of Washington State.


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2 COMMENTS

  1. Is there a way to either recall AG Ferguson for writing the I-976 title in such a way as to allow it’s court loss or maybe just for being stupid enough to get caught doing it? One is misfeasance and the other malfeasance. I say Art.1, Section 1,political power. of the Wa. St. Constitution says it best: “All the political power is enherent in the People, and governments derive their JUST power from the consent of the governed, and are established to protect and maintain INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS.”
    To have an elected official and a county government overturn a vote of the People with a county judges order is against our Wa.St.Constitution. A vote is an individual right and no government may countermand an individuals right to cast that vote and expect a democratic outcome. NOT A DEMOCRATs outcome!

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