Voters Ready Say They’ll Support Wildlife Law

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A new poll shows that more than 60 percent of voters would support an initiative on next month's ballot to add state penalties to a measure to add state penalties to wildlife trafficking, while an equal amount of voters support and oppose an anti-tax ballot measure.

A poll released Monday by independent pollster Stuart Elway found that support for Initiative 1401, which would ban the purchase, sale and distribution of parts or products made from 10 endangered animals, dropped from 72 percent in a July poll to 66 percent in the poll conducted last week.

Support for Initiative 1366 has seen a dip in support as well, dropping from 49 percent in July to 42 percent in October. That measure would decrease the 6.5-cent state sales tax by a penny unless the Legislature puts a constitutional amendment before voters that would reinstate a two-thirds legislative majority to raise taxes.