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: | Joining Warren and Jayapal were Representatives Deb Haaland, Katie Porter, and Barbara Lee, who are all deeply committed to progressive change in America. |
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| Published at: | 9:45 PM on Friday, August 14th, 2020 |
| Written by: | David A Johnson |
| Categories: | Elections, Events |
| Other Tags: | Netroots Nation, Partybuilding, US-Pres |
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| Excerpt: | Speakers included Representative Joe Neguse of Colorado, Maurice Mitchell of the Working Families Party, likely future U.S. Representative Jamaal Bowman, and Stacey Abrams. |
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| Published at: | 4:30 PM on Thursday, August 13th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Ruairi Vaughan |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Elections, Events, Open Government, Party Politics |
| Other Tags: | Accountable Leaders, Netroots Nation, Voter Turnout |
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| Excerpt: | Denise Merrill of Connecticut, Jena Griswold of Colorado, and Jocelyn Benson of Michigan teamed up for a panel that previewed the 2020 presidential election. |
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| Published at: | 2:00 PM on Thursday, August 13th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Rich Erwin |
| Categories: | Elections, Events |
| Other Tags: | Automatic Voter Registration, Netroots Nation, Universal Suffrage, Voter Turnout |
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| Excerpt: | Remember 2008? We're seeing voter turnout now that dwarfs what we saw then, at least for the qualifying or winnowing round in the Evergreen State. |
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| Published at: | 12:15 PM on Wednesday, August 12th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | Voter Turnout |
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| Excerpt: | Kansas is a right wing stronghold, but a divisive Republican U.S. Senate primary is giving Democrats cause for hope. |
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| Published at: | 5:00 PM on Friday, July 31st, 2020 |
| Written by: | Ruairi Vaughan |
| Categories: | Elections, Party Politics |
| Other Tags: | KS-Sen, Voter Turnout |
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| Excerpt: | Both of Georgia's U.S. Senate seats are up for grabs this year, and strong Democratic contenders have emerged to vie for them. |
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| Published at: | 5:00 PM on Friday, June 12th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Ruairi Vaughan |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | GA-Sen, Scramble for the Senate |
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| Excerpt: | Fire and school districts that had planned to go to the ballot next month will still be able to, Governor Jay Inslee has decided. |
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| Published at: | 6:27 PM on Friday, March 27th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | 2019-2020 Coronavirus Pandemic |
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| Excerpt: | Republican Secretary of State Kim Wyman, the state's top elections official, has concluded that it would be better if the April special election were not held due to the rapidly worsening coronavirus pandemic. |
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| Published at: | 1:22 PM on Friday, March 20th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | Fair Elections |
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| Excerpt: | Governor Mike DeWine has ordered Ohio's polls to close tomorrow over COVID-19 fears, defying a judge's ruling from earlier in the day. |
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| Published at: | 11:11 PM on Monday, March 16th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Ruairi Vaughan |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Elections, Healthcare |
| Other Tags: | Personal Wellness, US-Pres |
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| Excerpt: | Young people turning eighteen by the date of the November general election will be allowed to vote in presidential primaries and Top Two elections beginning in 2022 thanks to legislative approval of ESB 6313. |
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| Published at: | 4:01 PM on Saturday, March 7th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections, Legislative Advocacy |
| Other Tags: | Universal Suffrage |
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| Excerpt: | For your vote to count, you must mark a declaration affirming that you affiliate with the Democratic Party or the Republican Party. Here's why. |
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| Published at: | 4:07 PM on Monday, February 24th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | Pacific Northwest Presidential Primaries |
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| Excerpt: | "Advisory votes" are costing the people of the State of Washington millions of dollars, but Republicans are too afraid of Tim Eyman to back their repeal. |
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| Published at: | 11:00 AM on Saturday, February 8th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | Fair Elections |
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| Excerpt: | Turns out sabotage is one of the reasons why the Iowa Democratic Party had such a difficult time pulling caucus results together. |
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| Published at: | 11:48 PM on Wednesday, February 5th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Technology |
| Other Tags: | Iowa Democratic Caucuses, US-Pres |
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| Excerpt: | Two statewide surveys taken five months apart in 2019 found that Washington voters want future ballots to be free of anti-tax propaganda. |
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| Published at: | 9:30 AM on Wednesday, February 5th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Diane Jones |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | Fair Elections |
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