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SEATTLE (AP) — State and local governments could end up scrambling to pay for road paving and other transportation projects as a Washington measure that would cut car tabs to $30 was passing in early returns Tuesday.
Initiative 976 was being approved after the first votes were tallied in the all mail election. Vote counting will continue for days.
Sponsored by Tim Eyman, the measure would cap most taxes paid through annual vehicle registration at $30 and largely revoke the authority of state and local governments to add new taxes and fees without voter approval.
King County, the state's most populous, was strongly rejecting I-976 but most other counties were approving it margins.
The measure would also repeal taxes and fees that were already in place, which could cost the state and local governments more than $4 billion in revenue over the next six years.
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