Come November, voters will see more ballot measures, including statewide initiatives to privatize the state liquor system, make it harder to toll highways and reinstate training requirements for home health-care workers.

In Seattle, two city measures will be on the ballot that, if approved, would cost the average homeowner with one car nearly $200.

Statewide measures

• Initiative 1125 would require the Legislature, not the state Transportation Commission, to set tolls, and mandate that a toll on a particular road or bridge be used only to build, operate or maintain that project.

The measure also would prevent light rail from running on the I-90 floating bridge, and prevent potential I-90 tolls from being used to help pay for the Highway 520 project.

Tim Eyman is the sponsor. Most of the campaign's $1.3 million has come from Bellevue developer Kemper Freeman.

A coalition including business, labor and environmental groups, called Keep Washington Rolling, formed to fight the measure. State records show it's raised about $41,000.

• The liquor-privatization initiative, I-1183, would close state liquor stores and sell their assets, including the liquor-distribution center. It would allow private stores to sell liquor and create licensing fees for sale and distribution of liquor based on sales revenue.

Costco is the main backer, providing most of the $2.4 million in cash and in-kind contributions raised.

The initiative would require a 17 percent fee from retailers on all liquor sales, and other fees from distributors. A state analysis estimates the measure could generate up to $253 million in additional liquor revenues over six years for the state and up to $227 million for local governments over the same time period.

A group called Protect Our Communities has formed to fight the initiative, arguing it's no improvement over a privatization measure backed by Costco last year. It's raised about $31,000.

• I-1163 would require background checks and training for long-term-care workers and providers. It essentially would reinstate a measure voters approved in 2008 that was delayed by the Legislature because of budget shortfalls.

The measure is sponsored by the Service Employees International Union, which has made cash and in-kind donations of nearly $1.4 million.

State records show a group called People Protecting Our Seniors, No 1163 is opposing the initiative. They've raised $35,000, with most of the money coming from the Washington State Residential Care Council.

Seattle measures

• The Seattle City Council placed a $231 million Families and Education Levy that nearly doubles the current one. The owner of a $463,000 house would pay about $127 a year.

The measure would fund more early learning, academic support at 23 elementary schools with the highest poverty rates, school health clinics, support for students struggling to advance to high school, and academic support and college counseling for at-risk high-schoolers.

• The City Council on Tuesday put a $60 car-tab fee on the November ballot that would last for 10 years.

In all, 49 percent would go to transit, 29 percent to road maintenance and safety, and 22 percent mostly to pedestrian and bicycle projects.

Material from Seattle Times archives was included in this report. Andrew Garber: 360-236-8266 or agarber@seattletimes.com