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Tag Archives: Even-Year Elections

The people have spoken, and they want even-year elections for local government positions

Excerpt: The passage of King County Charter Amendment 1 is part of a nationwide success story in these midterms. There's a growing movement in this country favoring even-year elections that had a clean sweep in 2022, with a total of thirteen even-year election measures identified by Ballotpedia all winning approval.
Published at:9:30 AM on Monday, November 21st, 2022
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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The November midterm results are (mostly) in. How do they compare to our 2022 polling?

Excerpt: In this retrospective, NPI's founder and executive director assesses what our 2022 electoral poll findings were able to tell us about state and county-level races on the midterms ballot.
Published at:4:30 PM on Friday, November 18th, 2022
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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Moving King County elections to even years will make county topics more visible to voters

Excerpt: Republican Reagan Dunn asks rhetorically if people will pay attention to county races if they're in even years. The answer is yes, they will... because county governance and county-level topics will be part of the mix in years when people are more attuned to politics and when the media's political coverage is more robust. 
Published at:6:43 PM on Monday, October 10th, 2022
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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King County Council sends even-year elections charter amendment to voters!

Excerpt: It's official: Voters across Martin Luther King Jr. County will get the opportunity in the fall of 2022 to decide whether the county ought to align elections for all of its offices in even-numbered years instead of electing many key positions in odd years.
Published at:4:30 PM on Tuesday, June 28th, 2022
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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King County Council votes 7–2 to advance even-year elections charter amendment

Excerpt: Seven councilmembers voted to send Ordinance 2022-0180 out of committee with a "do pass" recommendation, teeing up a final vote in the Council on June 28th, while two councilmembers voted no.
Published at:4:28 PM on Wednesday, June 15th, 2022
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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NPI’s research shows most King County voters favor a switch to even-year elections

Excerpt: A proposal conceived and backed by NPI to move elections for twelve King County positions to even-numbered years is likely to be well received by voters in Washington State's largest jurisdiction.
Published at:11:24 AM on Wednesday, June 1st, 2022
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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Reagan Dunn and Jason Rantz are wrong: Moving county elections to even years won’t hurt public discourse at the local level

Excerpt: Read NPI founder Andrew Villeneuve's rebuttal to right wing arguments against the organization's proposal to switch elections for twelve King County positions to even-numbered years.
Published at:8:22 PM on Tuesday, May 10th, 2022
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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