NPI's Cascadia Advocate

Offering commentary and analysis from Washington, Oregon, and Idaho, The Cascadia Advocate provides the Northwest Progressive Institute's uplifting perspective on world, national, and local politics.

Daily Archives: November 6th, 2019

Thurston and Island counties defy Tim Eyman, swing into the NO on I‑976 column

Excerpt: Two counties have defected from disgraced initiative promoter Tim Eyman and are now voting to reject Initiative 976, Eyman's scheme to wipe out multimodal transportation funding.
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Elections
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King County preparing legal challenge to Tim Eyman’s incredibly destructive Initiative 976

Excerpt: The state's largest jurisdiction is preparing to take the state to court to challenge the constitutionality of Tim Eyman's I-976, which is passing statewide in early returns.
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Elections, Litigation
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Voters in 40th, 13th Districts retain Liz Lovelett and Alex Ybarra as their legislators

Excerpt: There will be no changes in the partisan composition of the Washington State Legislature in 2019, with voters backing incumbents in both special legislative elections.
Written by:Caitlin Harrington
Categories:Elections
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The Washington Secretary of State’s official results website had a bad election night

Excerpt: Incomplete data. Wrong percentages. The official election results website maintained by Kim Wyman's office did not serve the public or the press well on Election Night 2019.
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Elections
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