The Cascadia Advocate is written by the staff, board, and contributors of the Northwest Progressive Institute, a regionally focused nonprofit working from Washington, Oregon, & Idaho to constructively transform our world through insightful research and imaginative advocacy.
NPI was founded in August 2003 and is based in Redmond, Washington.
| Excerpt: | Bipartisan momentum for even year elections across the United States is growing, judging by an effort underway in Montana by Republican legislators to move city and municipal elections to higher turnout presidential and midterm years. |
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| Published at: | 8:08 PM on Tuesday, March 28th, 2023 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | Even-Year Elections |
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| Excerpt: | A proposed state law developed by NPI and Senator Javier Valdez (D-46th District: Seattle) that would give cities and towns the freedom to switch their elections to even-numbered years passed out of the Senate State Government & Elections Committee on February 17th with a “do pass” recommendation, keeping the bill alive for further consideration. |
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| Published at: | 2:45 PM on Friday, February 17th, 2023 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections, Legislative Advocacy |
| Other Tags: | Fair Elections |
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| Excerpt: | Read our recap of the February 10th, 2023 public hearing on Senate Bill 5723, prime sponsored by Senator Javier Valdez at NPI's request and cosponsored by half of the Senate Democratic caucus. |
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| Published at: | 11:21 AM on Friday, February 10th, 2023 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections, Legislative Advocacy |
| Other Tags: | Fair Elections |
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| 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. |
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| Published at: | 9:26 AM on Tuesday, February 7th, 2023 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | Fair Elections |
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| 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. |
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| Published at: | 9:30 AM on Monday, November 21st, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | WA-Counties |
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| 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. |
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| Published at: | 4:30 PM on Friday, November 18th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | Research Polling Retrospectives, WA-Counties, WA-Exec, WA-Sen |
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| 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. |
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| Published at: | 6:43 PM on Monday, October 10th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | Voter Turnout |
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| 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. |
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| Published at: | 4:30 PM on Tuesday, June 28th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | Even-Year Elections |
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| 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. |
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| Published at: | 4:28 PM on Wednesday, June 15th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | Even-Year Elections |
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| 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. |
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| Published at: | 11:24 AM on Wednesday, June 1st, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | Research Poll Findings |
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| 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. |
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| Published at: | 8:22 PM on Tuesday, May 10th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | Even-Year Elections |
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