The debate over Washington State’s income tax is expanding beyond policy — now raising questions about voter access, legislative process, and political power.

(The Center Square) - Washington Senate Minority Leader John Braun says documents obtained by The Center Square that reveal months of communication between the office of Attorney General Nick Brown and Sen. Jamie Pedersen, D-Seattle, the prime sponsor of the recently passed income tax law, demonstrate it was all about putting together a bill that would overturn nearly 100 years of legal precedent and keep voters out of the process.

“It’s both stunning and not really that big of a surprise at the same time,” said Braun in an interview with The Center Square. “It’s stunning that they would be so blatant, so transparent, and so obviously focused on putting together a bill that would change the almost 100-year-old reading of our state's constitution, and very plainly work to keep the voters out.”

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