In this guest essay for The Cascadia Advocate, Sonia Joseph and Martina Morris explain why Washington voters should reject Initiative 2113 this November.
Category: Elections
Initiative 2081 (jeopardizing student privacy) gets certified
Initiative 2081 would undermine the ability of youth to access gender affirming and reproductive care services through their schools, jeopardizing carefully crafted safe harbor policies.
Initiative 2117 (repealing Washington’s Climate Commitment Act) gets certified
Initiative 2117 would repeal the landmark Climate Commitment Act, one of the most important environmental protection laws ever adopted by Washington’s elected representatives.
Initiative 2113 (allowing dangerous police pursuits to resume) gets certified
Initiative 2113 would allow dangerous high speed police chases to resume by removing reasonable safeguards for pursuits adopted and subsequently revised by the Legislature in recent sessions in response to protests over unsafe, inequitable policing in Washington State and across the country.
Poll Watch: Like NPI, Elway finds 2024 WA gubernatorial race looking competitive
Asked about this year’s gubernatorial race, a total of 37% of the respondents said they either intended to vote for Democratic frontrunner Bob Ferguson, or could vote for him, while a total of 31% said they either intended to vote for Republican frontrunner Dave Reichert, or could vote for him
Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley blast each other in CNN-hosted debate while Fox fetes Trump
Trump’s remaining rivals trashed each other, traded talking points, and took issue with frontrunner Donald Trump’s false claims of a stolen 2020 election, during a ferocious debate staged in Des Moines five days before Iowa’s Republican presidential caucuses.
Washington State Democratic Party submits three names for 24 presidential primary ballot
Joe Biden, Dean Phillips, and Marianne Williamson have qualified for the 2024 presidential primary ballot in Washington State.
NPI urges Washington State House to advance legislation to move local elections to even years
Read NPI founder Andrew Villeneuve’s prepared remarks in support of House Bill 1932, which would empower local governments in Washington to move their elections to even-numbered years.
New reporting shines light on Joe Kent’s bad bookkeeping, shady campaign operations
The Daily Beast has taken a deep dive look at what lies beneath the surface of the 2024 WA-03 Republican frontrunner’s campaign, and found a lot of muck.
Watch President Biden’s Valley Forge speech on upholding American democracy
On January 5th, President Biden traveled to Pennsylvania to repudiate Donald Trump’s fascist politics and call for Americans to unite against authoritarianism. Watch the speech or read an annotated transcript.
Washington State Republican Party submits five names for 24 presidential primary ballot
Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, Vivek Ramaswamy, and Chris Christie have qualified for the 2024 presidential primary ballot in Washington State.
How a right wing millionaire’s money could help vindicate years of progressive legislating
Convinced that Democratic Washington State lawmakers have overreached, Republicans have made a big bet on a slate of initiatives that would repeal or roll back many progressive laws. If they don’t get the outcomes they want, they will have spent a lot of money creating fresh evidence those laws are popular.
NPI talks to Spokane Mayor-elect Lisa Brown as she prepares to begin leading the Lilac City
Brown is set to assume office on New Year’s Day, January 1st, succeeding Republican Nadine Woodward, and will have no shortage of tough issues to tackle. Read her pre-Day One interview with the Northwest Progressive Institute.
Supreme Court weighs lawsuit challenging Washington’s signature verification system
“Without direct review, tens of thousands of fully qualified voters will be disenfranchised for nothing more than their penmanship,” argued attorney Kevin Hamilton, representing three groups who have sued the Washington Secretary of State and King County Elections.