| Excerpt: | Meet the newest member of the body that will attempt to redraw Washington State's legislative and congressional district boundaries for the next ten years. |
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| Published at: | 3:58 PM on Saturday, January 30th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Party Politics |
| Tags: | Redistricting |
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Category Archives: Elections
Sarah Augustine chosen as Chair of the 2021 Washington State Redistricting Commission
Secretary of State Kim Wyman is thinking of quitting the Republican Party. Great idea!
| Excerpt: | "I don't know that I can continue being a Republican, because that's not what republicanism is about," Wyman told KUOW. |
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| Published at: | 6:21 PM on Tuesday, January 19th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | Party Switches, WA-Exec |
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Loren Culp, Stephen Pidgeon scrap their absurd lawsuit against elections officials
| Excerpt: | In an attempt to explain their retreat, Culp and Pidgeon offered a plethora of excuses to their rabid right wing followers during a Facebook Live event, none of which were true. |
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| Published at: | 3:49 PM on Friday, January 15th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Litigation |
| Tags: | Fair Elections |
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Donald Trump has become the first person holding the presidency to be impeached twice
| Excerpt: | Voting two hundred and thirty-two to one hundred and ninety-seven, the House agreed to transmit a single new article of impeachment to the Senate. Every Democrat who participated in the vote backed the article, along with ten Republicans who crossed over. |
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| Published at: | 1:53 PM on Wednesday, January 13th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Open Government |
| Tags: | Accountable Leaders, Impeachment |
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Scramble for the Senate: Democrats finally prevail in their quest to regain a majority
| Excerpt: | With the victories of Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff, the Democrats have secured tenuous control of the upper house of Congress. |
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| Published at: | 5:00 PM on Friday, January 8th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Ruairi Vaughan |
| Other Categories: | Party Politics |
| Tags: | GA-Sen, Scramble for the Senate |
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Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’ victory affirmed by Congress with all electoral votes counted
| Excerpt: | Thankfully, the lawsuits have failed, the Electoral College has voted, and its votes counted by Congress. Democracy has prevailed, and the candidates chosen by the people of the United States have been properly acknowledged as the winners of the election |
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| Published at: | 8:00 AM on Thursday, January 7th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | Fair Elections, US-Pres |
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Trump’s fascist goons launch physical attack on democracy, storm United States Capitol
| Excerpt: | The insurrection began following a rally held on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. to protest the 2020 presidential election results, at which Donald Trump urged participants to go to, and enter, the Capitol building. |
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| Published at: | 12:40 PM on Wednesday, January 6th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Rich Erwin |
| Other Categories: | Breaking News |
| Tags: | Fair Elections, US-Pres |
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Cathy McMorris Rodgers joins plot to nullify Biden-Harris victory; Dan Newhouse declines
| Excerpt: | McMorris Rodgers will have the distinction of being the only Republican from Washington State to participate in the plot, as the state's other two Republicans have announced they will not be objecting to the election results. |
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| Published at: | 8:00 AM on Wednesday, January 6th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | Fair Elections, US-Pres |
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Both Georgia Senate races ridiculously tight; Democratic challengers favored to win
| Excerpt: | That the Democrats could even make a pair of runoff elections in a southern state this close is something many political prognosticators would have dismissed as an utter fantasy just a few months ago, or even a weeks ago. |
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| Published at: | 8:55 PM on Tuesday, January 5th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | GA-Sen |
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Polls have closed in Georgia; early results in Senate runoff elections now trickling in
| Excerpt: | As voting draws to a close in the Peach Tree State, the counting has kicked into high gear. No conclusions can really be drawn from early results, but there is data available to look at. |
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| Published at: | 4:30 PM on Tuesday, January 5th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | GA-Sen |
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After many years, victory in Georgia could finally be within the Democratic Party’s grasp
| Excerpt: | Regardless of whether or not the party wins the Georgia Senate runoffs, it will have competed fiercely, and left pretty much everything out on the field. |
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| Published at: | 7:30 PM on Monday, January 4th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Ruairi Vaughan |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | GA-Sen |
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Leaked audio offers fresh evidence that Trump is a criminal: Impeach him again
| Excerpt: | New articles of impeachment should be promptly bought against Donald Trump. The leaked tape alone provides ample evidence that Trump is engaged in criminal behavior and is violating the oath of office he took to protect and defend the Constitution. |
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| Published at: | 7:20 PM on Sunday, January 3rd, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Open Government |
| Tags: | Accountable Leaders, Fair Elections, Impeachment |
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More treachery: Anti-American Republican senators say they’re joining effort to throw out Electoral College results on January 6th
| Excerpt: | Their ultimate goal is to create a mechanism for changing enough Electoral College votes to keep Trump in office. Never mind what the voters said and did. |
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| Published at: | 9:31 PM on Saturday, January 2nd, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | Fair Elections, US-Pres |
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A reckoning for ticket-splitters: Can you vote for any Republican who sticks with Trump?