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: | 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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| Excerpt: | In this guest post, Shoreline's Chris Roberts explains how contests for local office in Washington would benefit from being moved to even-numbered years. |
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| Published at: | 9:30 AM on Monday, January 27th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Chris Roberts |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | Voter Turnout |
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| Excerpt: | The debate over eliminating elections in odd-numbered years is heating up. But opponents are making a number of claims that are factually inaccurate. |
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| Published at: | 3:01 PM on Saturday, January 25th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | Voter Turnout |
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| Excerpt: | Read our founder's prepared remarks in support of House Bill 2529, legislation that would reduce voter fatigue and save money by moving local races and state level ballot measures to even-numbered years. |
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| Published at: | 8:57 PM on Wednesday, January 22nd, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | Fair Elections |
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| Excerpt: | Former gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum has a new mission: deny Donald Trump a second term by making sure Florida doesn't vote for him again. |
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| Published at: | 8:53 PM on Friday, March 22nd, 2019 |
| Written by: | Ruairi Vaughan |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | Universal Suffrage |
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| Excerpt: | We're halfway towards our objective of sending Governor Jay Inslee legislation to repeal Eyman's push polls, which he falsely calls "advisory votes". |
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| Published at: | 2:53 PM on Friday, March 1st, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections, Legislative Advocacy |
| Other Tags: | Permanent Defense |
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| Excerpt: | How can we make voting a more satisfying experience? Proponents of instant runoff/ranked choice voting say they have the answer, but NPI disagrees. |
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| Published at: | 6:16 PM on Wednesday, February 20th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | Approval Voting, Instant Runoff Voting |
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