| 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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Category Archives: Elections
More treachery: Anti-American Republican senators say they’re joining effort to throw out Electoral College results on January 6th
2020 Electoral College affirms Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’ historic and decisive victory
| Excerpt: | This year's meeting of the Electoral College took on greater importance due to Donald Trump and his followers' refusal to accept the results of the 2020 presidential election. |
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| Published at: | 8:36 PM on Monday, December 14th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | Electoral College, US-Pres |
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BC’s NDP government authorizes COVID-19 relief as province begins a dark, dreary winter
| Excerpt: | Premier John Horgan's government has put together a COVID-19 Recovery Benefit program, in which an estimated 3.7 million B.C. residents will get grants up to $1,000 (Canadian) per family and $500 for individuals. |
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| Published at: | 5:55 PM on Saturday, December 12th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Economic Security, Healthcare |
| Tags: | 2019-2020 Coronavirus Pandemic, BC-Assembly, Fair Wages & Leave, Personal Wellness |
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Loren Culp pulls a Trump, sues Washington State to overturn the election he just lost
| Excerpt: | Culp and his campaign manager appear to have concluded that by pretending they never lost, they can go on separating fools from their money for months to come, just like the Trumps are doing at the federal level. |
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| Published at: | 9:30 PM on Friday, December 11th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | Fair Elections, WA-Gov |
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Pro-Biden states deliver furious rejoinder to Republican AGs’ attempt to throw election
| Excerpt: | Texas and a cohort of other states with Republican attorneys general don't want Joe Biden and Kamala Harris to be sworn in on January 20th. So, in an unprecedented move, they're asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the will of the people. |
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| Published at: | 7:18 PM on Thursday, December 10th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | Electoral College, Fair Elections, US-Pres |
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Brady Walkinshaw, April Sims to represent Democrats on 2021 Redistricting Commission
| Excerpt: | Democratic legislative leaders in Washington have chosen the first Latino Redistricting Commissioner as well as the first woman of color and Black Redistricting Commissioner to help draw the state's 2021 legislative and congressional maps. |
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| Published at: | 3:30 PM on Thursday, December 10th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Party Politics, Public Service |
| Tags: | Redistricting |
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As Biden’s Cabinet takes shape, progressive groups plan for a post-Trump future
| Excerpt: | President-elect Joe Biden has spent the weeks since the election assembling the team that he hopes to bring with him to Washington, D.C. |
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| Published at: | 8:21 PM on Wednesday, December 9th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Ruairi Vaughan |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Healthcare, National Defense, Open Government, Our Environment |
| Tags: | Accountable Leaders, Budgeting, Climate Crisis, Presidential Transitions |
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Washington’s upcoming conservation district elections sorely need progressive candidates
| Excerpt: | Dozens of publicly governed conservation districts will be holding elections for board supervisor positions this winter and spring. In this guest post, King Conservation District Supervisor Chris Porter explains why progressive activists and community leaders should step up, run, and win. |
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| Published at: | 9:30 AM on Tuesday, December 8th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Chris Porter |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Our Environment |
| Tags: | Conservation, WA-Local |
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Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan won’t seek reelection in 2021, creating a wide open race
| Excerpt: | The Emerald City will have a new Mayor by the end of 2021. Incumbent Jenny Durkan says she's decided not to seek a second term, and will instead focus on governing during her last year in office. |
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| Published at: | 4:06 PM on Monday, December 7th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | WA-Cities |
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Cities outside of King County powered Biden-Harris’ historic victory in Washington State
| Excerpt: | Read guest contributor McCauley Pugh's analysis of the 2020 Democratic ticket's strength in Washington State outside of King County, which is an ominous sign for the Republican Party. |
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| Published at: | 3:30 PM on Sunday, December 6th, 2020 |
| Written by: | McCauley Pugh |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | US-Pres, WA-Gov |
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Loss of a presidential bellwether: For decades, Okanogan County telegraphed Washington’s allegiance in federal elections. Not anymore.
| Excerpt: | Okanogan County is now known as a solidly red, Republican bastion. But before that, it had nearly a hundred year run as Washington's bellwether county in presidential races, as Joel Connelly explains. |
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| Published at: | 7:09 PM on Saturday, December 5th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | US-Pres |
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Washington State Senate Democrats unveil their 2021 standing committee assignments
| Excerpt: | Find out who will be on each of the Senate's standing committees for the 2021 legislative session that begins in January. |
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| Published at: | 4:45 PM on Monday, November 30th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Legislative Advocacy |
| Tags: | Committee Assignments, WA-Leg |
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Leaked audio offers fresh evidence that Trump is a criminal: Impeach him again