Looking for participants to give feedback on voting and elections here in Washington! Read more and apply here: ttps://wavotingjustice.org/listeningsessions2026/
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Special guests will be discussing the recent Supreme Court Case that dismantled the Voting Rights Act. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/.../register...
Today, SCOTUS ruled in Louisiana v. Callais to destroy the VRA's protections against the ”denial or abridgement of the right of any citizen of the United States to vote on account of race." This opens the door again to gerrymandering, drawing districts to deny minority groups representation.
How the anti-voter "SAVE America Act" would affect you. Listen carefully to supporters trying to trick us into making it hard or impossible for millions to register to vote. Jim Crow era legislators used similar arguments to justify literacy tests, poll taxes, and other anti-voter laws.
They have been filibustering the Voter Elimination Act (“SAVE America Act”) for 2 days now. It disenfranchises most married women and others who have changed their names, can’t afford a passport, or don’t have access to a passport or birth certificate.
Results - two great bills from our Voter Power Package passed this week!
Washington state is the crown jewel of the Voting Rights Act that prevents voter suppression before it happens! Sign in PRO now for the Senate hearing: app.leg.wa.gov/csi/Testifier/Add?chamber=senate&mId=33955&aId=170549&caId=28222&tId=3
Ranked-choice voting!! Sign in PRO for HB 2210 being heard tomorrow, which will allow all communities in WA to opt-in to ranked-choice, and sets important standards to make sure it is implemented well. app.leg.wa.gov/csi/Testifie...
Are you joining us in Olympia for Democracy Lobby Day on Jan. 23? RSVP: wavotingjustice.org/democracy-lo...
Seattle has only one week left to retain the democracy voucher program - vote YES on Proposition 1 by August 5!
Democracy Vouchers: What Seattle voters should know | Queen Anne & Magnolia News
queenannenews.com
Seattle! You only have a few weeks left to save the Democracy Voucher Program! Vouchers have transformed local elections - small-donor participation has increased fivefold — especially among renters, young people, and communities of color. Vote YES on #Prop1Seattle by August 5.
From @thestranger.com - Seattle created a first-of-its-kind public funding model for city political campaigns. We need it now more than ever. Vote Yes on Prop 1 before August 5!
Compensated opportunities for a roundtable discussion on democracy! If you are a WA resident, please apply here before August 4: wavotingjustice.org/listening-se...
"Little money" has transformed who funds Seattle elections, who runs, and who reps! The popular democracy voucher program will be back on the ballot in the August primary.
Seattle’s democracy vouchers are working. Here’s the proof • Washington State Standard
COMMENTARY | The publicly funded campaign finance program has brought tens of thousands more people into the city's political process.
washingtonstatestandard.com
Join us for a week of activities! We'll be out spreading the word on renewal and pledging people to vote YES on renewing one of the strongest and most effective investments in our democracy.
Seattle! If you want to keep the Democracy Voucher program going, mark your calendars for the August primary. Let's renew this one-of-a-kind way that Seattle empowers ordinary people to fund candidates of our choice.
Yes on Prop 1 Seattle@yesonprop1seattle.bsky.social · last yr.This Aug 5, vote YES on Prop 1 to: ✔ Defend democracy when it’s under attack ✔ Keep our local gov accountable to us, not corporate donors and big money ✔ Make sure renters, workers, and everyday ppl have a voice in who reps them ✔ Build a future where $$$ doesn’t decide who gets to run — or win
The SAVE Act passed the US House and is one step closer to upending voter access. Imagine having to go *in-person* with your documents to update your voter registration. It's not the Washington state way. Our Senators need to hear from us: wavotingjustice.org/take-action/
Unconstitutional! 🙌 This executive order is an attempt disenfranchise millions of married women who have changed their maiden names, and millions more who don't have easy access to passports or in-person voting centers. Good on Judge Kollar Kotelly for putting this on hold 👍
Judge pauses parts of Trump's sweeping executive order on voting
A federal judge has paused a key section of President Trump's executive order that makes sweeping changes to voting and elections.
npr.org
Some much-needed good news from the better Washington (WA state). #WAleg just passed a bill to expand automatic voter registration for people getting their citizenship, coming home from prison, and applying for healthcare.
"For my neighbors who were raised on American exceptionalism, the recent White House attacks on our democracy seem unreal, impossible. "But my family is from Iran." So begins this op-ed by Nilu from @fairvotewa.bsky.social
Federal SAVE Act is the latest attempt to erode voting rights | Op-Ed
In Washington state, voting rights advocates like me watched nearly all democracy-related bills stall in our Legislature this year.
seattletimes.com
Update on our democracy bills in #WAleg looks more like a funeral. Will you sign in pro for the only remaining one, being heard this Saturday? app.leg.wa.gov/csi/House?se...
Sign in PRO to make it simpler for immigrant Americans, formerly-incarcerated citizens, and lower-income people to get registered to vote in WA! Support by the end of day tomorrow: bit.ly/expandavr
