Charlie Webster, chairman of the Maine Republican Party, said he has filed a people’s veto application to repeal the entire new tax law, including the portion that reduces the state income tax by two percent for most Mainers.

Earlier this week, Webster said he would only seek to repeal the part of the legislation that expanded the sales tax base and increased the meals and lodging tax.

But Julie Flynn, the deputy secretary of state, said Thursday that the application seeks to repeal the law in it’s entirety, something Webster confirmed Friday morning.

“We just think that the average guy is going to lose with this law and so we decided it made more sense and it was easier just to repeal the whole thing,” Webster said. “We didn’t have the resources to hire an attorney to refigure the whole thing. It didn’t make sense.”

Webster said the tax package is an “attack on the working people of Maine.”

Arden Manning, executive director of the Maine Democratic Party, said Republicans are sending mixed signals about their effort.

“It shows they are out of touch; I think most Mainers are very happy to have a reduction in their income tax in this economy,” he said.

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