SPOKANE, Wash. — Over the past few months, political action groups have spent millions on Washington’s ballot initiatives. Three of the four on the General Election ballot are on track to fail.
Let’s Go Washington, the conservative PAC backing the initiatives says that despite these these election results they feel like they are making progress. Founder of LGW, Brian Heywood said he is not done yet and is ready to fight back. Heywood said he is most agitated by the results for 2117.
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If passed, Initiative 2117 would repeal the state’s Climate Commitment Act (CCA).
Those backing 2117 said the act is a coverup for the government that is causing prices at gas stations to go up.
The No on 2117 campaign stated that gas prices in Washington are actually lower today than they were before the Climate Commitment Act went into effect two years ago.
Governor Jay Inslee and the No on 2117 campaign celebrated the voter’s decision to reject the new initiative.
Gov. Inslee, who played a key role in passing the CCA, said in a statement:
Together, we built the biggest coalition our state has ever seen to say a resounding ‘no’ to more pollution. But our work together is far from done. We must continue to reduce pollution and protect Washingtonians’ health while growing our economy. So tonight we are going to celebrate — and tomorrow, we’re going to get back to work building a healthier, cleaner future for the next generation.
Heywood said his team has been flooded with emails expressing confusion over the ballot wording, which he says could have been an added component to the election results.
New requirements make it that ballot have to include the budget impact a measure would have in the ballot title. In an interview with 4 News Now, the Secretary of State’s office says ballot titles can be hard to understand, but that is for a reason.
“Ballot titles are not written using plain language. They are written using those legal terms to be absolutely accurate.” said Stuart Holmes, Director of Elections at the Washington Secretary of State’s office “
A statement from the No on 2117 campaign can be seen below:
Hedge fund manager Brian Heywood spent millions of his money to make false promises to Washington voters. But the only guarantee of his plan was more pollution, cuts to wildfire prevention funding, and $5 billion in cuts to transportation funding. That’s why Spokane County voters and nearly 2 in 3 Washington voters rejected his costly plan. Brian Heywood is clearly still processing the reality that he lost. He seems disappointed he failed to trick Washington voters into supporting their backwards and costly agenda that would have meant more pollution and more traffic for Spokane County.
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