Voters (Mostly) Reject Tax Hikes – Wall Street Journal*

Ballot measures fail in Alaska, California, and Illinois. Colorado even passed a tax reduction. In fiscally strapped Illinois, one of nine states with a flat income tax, Gov. J.B. Pritzker led a campaign for a constitutional amendment to allow a graduated or progressive tax. Mr. Pritzker promised it would hit only the rich and threatened voters with budget cuts and other broad-based tax increases. Illinoisans called his bluff, voting 55% to 45% against the tax hike.