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More coverage of our big win today

VICTORY! Washington State Supreme Court affirms that Brian Heywood and the BIAW's harmful I-2066 is unconstitutional! - NPI's Cascadia Advocate The ruling protects Washington’s clean energy future and leaves the right wing mega millionaire zero for four on his 2024 ballot measures, delivering a hard-earned win for the coalition that fought to stop them.

NPI celebrates Supreme Court ruling striking down Brian Heywood’s I-2066

The lone Heywood-backed measure to get past voters in 2024 has been declared unconstitutional in its entirety by the Washington State Supreme Court....

NPI celebrates Supreme Court ruling striking down Brian Heywood's I-2066 - Permanent Defense The lone Heywood-backed measure to get past voters in 2024 has been declared unconstitutional in its entirety by the Washington State Supreme Court.

Signature totals aren’t evidence of public opinion: What to know as Brian Heywood turns in signatures for IP26-645

Polling for the I-645 opposition coalition, to which NPI belongs, has found that a majority of voters indicate they oppose I-645 before any messaging. That's a dangerous place for a yes campaign to be at the starting gate....

Signature totals aren't evidence of public opinion: What to know as Brian Heywood turns in signatures for IP26-645 - Permanent Defense Polling for the I-645 opposition coalition, to which NPI belongs, has found that a majority of voters indicate they oppose I-645 before any messaging. That's a dangerous place for a yes campaign to be at the starting gate.

Decline to sign Brian Heywood's newest crop of dangerous initiatives that jeopardize the safety of our youth, and get ready to vote NO in 2026.

Permanent Defense :: NO on IL26-001, IL26-126, and IL26-638 A Washington State political action committee dedicated to defeating destructive ballot measures such as those funded by mega-millionaire Brian Heywood.

Ballots have arrived. It's time to vote NO on all of the statewide initiatives. Brian Heywood is like Tim Eyman with a gigantic bank account. And know this: Eyman recently declared himself "the unofficial co-sponsor of all of this year's statewide initiatives." Need we say more? Vote NO on I-2066, I-2109, I-2117, and I-2124. Stop greed and defend Washington!

In Washington, we shun the mistake of taking one step forward followed by two steps back. Protect education, climate, and health progress by voting NO on all of this year's statewide initiatives. Learn more at stopgreed.org / StopGreed.

A longtime Republican operative with a history of filing campaign finance complaints against Democratic causes and PACs today finished orchestrating the eleventh hour filing of two people who are identifying themselves identically to the leading Democratic candidate for Governor of Washington State, Attorney General Bob Ferguson.

Republican operative Glen Morgan recruits two people to run for Governor as "Bob Ferguson" with the intent to deceive voters The two pretenders claim to be Democrats, having specified a party preference of "Democratic" in their paperwork, but no true Democrat would ever consent to being part of a disgusting and possibly criminal scheme to confuse and mislead voters.

You might think that someone who has been trying to change state law for decades and has sponsored dozens of initiatives seeking to change state law would have acquired a basic understanding of it. But you would be mistaken. Not only is Tim Eyman bad at writing law, he's bad at reading it, too.

Tim Eyman wants to contest initiative filing fee increase, but has no grounds for doing so The former prolific promoter of initiatives wants to bring a lawsuit to overturn the filing fee increase, but the law expressly gives the Secretary of State the authority to increase the fee.

Permanent Defense's twenty-second anniversary is this week! Celebrate by signing in PRO on our even year elections bill. It's guaranteed to annoy Tim Eyman, who plans to be there to testify in opposition. https://app.leg.wa.gov/csi/Testifier/Add?chamber=senate&mId=31949&aId=159099&caId=24034&tId=3

Tim Eyman dislikes our even year elections bill so much that he signed up to testify against it *twice*. No joke! He'll be super annoyed if you sign in PRO now on the bill to show your support. (You're just putting your name down on the record, not signing up to speak):

https://app.leg.wa.gov/csi/Testifier/Add?chamber=senate&mId=31949&aId=159099&caId=24034&tId=3