The Cascadia Advocate is written by the staff, board, and contributors of the Northwest Progressive Institute, a netroots powered strategy center working to raise America's quality of life through insightful research and imaginative advocacy.
NPI was founded in August 2003 and is based in Redmond, Washington.
| 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 |
| Categories: | Elections, Litigation |
| Tags: | Fair Elections |
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| 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 |
| Other Tags: | US-Pres |
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| 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 |
| Categories: | Breaking News, Elections |
| Other Tags: | US-Pres |
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| 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 |
| Other Tags: | US-Pres |
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| 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 |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Elections, Open Government |
| Other Tags: | Accountable Leaders, Impeachment |
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| 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 |
| Other Tags: | US-Pres |
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| 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 |
| Other Tags: | WA-Gov |
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| 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 |
| Other Tags: | Electoral College, US-Pres |
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| Excerpt: | Voter turnout reached 84.14% -- not quite as high as the 2008 general election twelve years ago, but pretty close to a record. |
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| Published at: | 8:28 PM on Tuesday, November 24th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | Voter Turnout |
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| Excerpt: | The Washington State Republican Party appears to be splitting into two factions: those who accept Jay Inslee's overwhelming victory and those who baselessly believe the election was fraudulent. |
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| Published at: | 2:35 PM on Saturday, November 21st, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | WA-Gov |
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| Excerpt: | The pandemic has demonstrated just how useful and valuable vote at home is. Let's build on that, and discuss ways to make it easier for people to participate in our democracy, not harder. |
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| Published at: | 12:45 PM on Wednesday, November 11th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | Voting At Home |
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| Excerpt: | We don't know the results of the 2020 presidential election yet. But what we do know is that this election is already very different from 2016. Just look at the voter turnout. |
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| Published at: | 12:50 PM on Monday, November 2nd, 2020 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | Voter Turnout |
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| Excerpt: | Aiming for 90% turnout, King County Elections is opening six Vote Centers through Tuesday to provide voters more services closer to home. |
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| Published at: | 8:02 PM on Sunday, November 1st, 2020 |
| Written by: | Bobby Aiyer |
| Categories: | Elections, Public Service |
| Other Tags: | Voter Turnout, WA-Ballot |
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| Excerpt: | With voting underway in the 2020 presidential election, NPI's Andrew Villeneuve talked to King County's top elections official about the record-setting participation so far and options for returning ballots. |
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| Published at: | 8:30 PM on Wednesday, October 21st, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | Voter Turnout |
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