Voters in Tuesday's election used initiatives to send a plea to lawmakers for tax relief, political analysts report.

• An initiative in Washington state which garnered 58 percent of voter support will cut the motor vehicle tax to $30 per car -- and politicians were warned not to raise state and local taxes and fees without voter approval.

• Maine voters approved a property tax credit, while those in New Jersey passed an income tax reduction for veterans.

• A Texas referendum will cut ad valorem taxes on charities and on noncommercial auto leases.

Voters were in a similar mood over city and county taxes.

• A $24 million increase in school taxes was killed in Cincinnati.

• Kansas City, Mo., voters turned down a plan that would have extended a 2.5 cents sales tax for 15 years -- although they agreed to an eight-year extension.

• In Lane County, Ore., voters overwhelmingly scrapped a plan to tack a surcharge on local income taxes in order to pay for public safety programs.

Voters in Houston and St. Paul, Minn., refused to use public money to build new sports arenas -- although similar measures were approved in San Antonio and Scottsdale, Ariz.

Source: Editorial, "Taxpayers' Pleas," Investor's Business Daily, November 5, 1999.