Amendment 1: Two-Thirds Legislative Vote Required to Raise Income Taxes
Source: electionresults.iowa.gov
What does this measure do?
Supports: Personal Income Tax Reduction
Requires two-thirds of both the Iowa House and Senate, instead of a simple majority, to pass any increase in the individual or corporate income tax rate or any new state income tax. Your taxes do not change now; future income tax increases would be harder to pass.
Read the official ballot measure
Proposed by: Iowa General Assembly (Senate Joint Resolution 11, Republican majority)
Republican lawmakers passed it on party-line votes; Democrats opposed it. Tax-cut groups Iowans for Tax Relief and Americans for Prosperity back it.
Source: news.ballotpedia.org
A YES vote means
Raising Iowa's income tax rates would need 67 House and 34 Senate votes instead of a simple majority; local-option taxes are not affected.
A NO vote means
A simple majority of lawmakers can still raise income tax rates.
Sources: polkcountyiowa.gov · ballotpedia.org · kjan.com
Sources: ballotpedia.org · blackhawkcountyelections.iowa.gov