Ford v. Logan

This is a taxpayer’s declaratory judgment action in which he seeks to enjoin King County election officials from placing on the ballot a measure entitled: “Initiative No. 3 A Repeal of King County Charter.”1 This *149initiative was proposed by a local group known as Overtaxed, Inc. Overtaxed was not an original party to this action.

The requisite number of signatures under the county charter was obtained and all charter procedural steps for placing the initiative on the .ballot have been completed. Plaintiff asserts that the measure should not be placed on the ballot because (1) the King County…