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Suit filed over Eyman tax measure, just a day after it makes the ballot

Opponents of Tim Eyman’s latest anti-tax initiative are trying to block a public vote on it. They filed a lawsuit arguing I-1366 is unconstitutional.

Opponents of Tim Eyman’s latest anti-tax initiative filed a lawsuit Thursday in an effort to keep it off the November election ballot.

The lawsuit argues Initiative 1366 — which qualified for the ballot on Wednesday — oversteps the powers granted to citizen initiatives by trying to indirectly amend the state Constitution

I-1366 seeks to reinstate a supermajority requirement for tax increases passed by the Legislature. Voters repeatedly have backed the two-thirds vote requirement, but it was struck down by the state Supreme Court two years ago.