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.

Monthly Archives: February 2023

VICTORY! Washington State Senate again passes bill to abolish Tim Eyman’s push polls

Excerpt: A Northwest Progressive Institute bill that would advance voting justice in Washington by getting rid of Tim Eyman's "advisory votes" has sailed out of the Washington State Senate after receiving a bipartisan vote of support.
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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President Biden challenges Congress to help him “finish the job” of getting America back on track in upbeat State of the Union address

Excerpt: “To my Republican friends, if we could work together in the last Congress, there is no reason we can’t work together and find consensus on important things in this Congress,” said Biden. “The people sent us a clear message. Fighting for the sake of fighting, power for the sake of power, conflict for the sake of conflict, gets us nowhere."
Written by:Joel Connelly
Categories:Legislative Advocacy, Media & Culture
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Senator Javier Valdez, NPI propose legislation to let WA cities switch elections to even years

Excerpt: Imagine being able to as much as double the turnout for important local offices -- and diversify it by an even greater magnitude -- with just one structural change. That's what even-year elections for local governments can do for us.
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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Republicans fail in their attempt to intervene in signature verification legal challenge

Excerpt: The Republicans’ philosophy on litigation is never to spend one dollar when two (or more) will do. Judge Shaffer may have saved the party some money, needed until recently (when he announced his candidacy) to pay Trump’s legal bills.
Written by:Joel Connelly
Categories:Elections, Litigation
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VICTORY! Washington State Senate votes to remove death penalty and Eyman’s two-thirds nonsense from our state’s body of laws

Excerpt: Senate Bill 5087, prime sponsored by Senator Jamie Pedersen (D-43rd District: Seattle) and requested by Attorney General Bob Ferguson, would formally scrub a long list of statutes no longer in effect from the Revised Code of Washington.
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Civil Liberties, Legislative Advocacy, Policy Topics
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