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: | 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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| Excerpt: | Disgraced initiative promoter Tim Eyman is hopping mad at the Ranking Member of the Washington State Senate's State Government Committee. Find out why. |
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| Published at: | 5:10 PM on Saturday, February 9th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | Permanent Defense |
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| Excerpt: | Read NPI's review of The People vs. the Politicians, a film by Hedrick Smith. |
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| Published at: | 1:15 PM on Saturday, December 15th, 2018 |
| Written by: | Theresa Curry Almuti |
| Categories: | Elections, Views & Reviews |
| Other Tags: | Films, Redistricting |
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| Excerpt: | The complaint stems from McKenna's participation in an ad urging a no vote on Initiative 1631. McKenna represents Chevron, one of the companies funding the no campaign, but he did not disclose his relationship in the ad. |
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| Published at: | 8:12 PM on Thursday, October 25th, 2018 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Open Government |
| Other Tags: | Campaign Disclosure |
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| Excerpt: | Read NPI's interview with King County's top elections official. Topics discussed include preparations for the 2018 November general election, ballot security, and reforms like prepaid postage on ballot return envelopes that are making it easier to vote. |
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| Published at: | 5:44 PM on Wednesday, October 24th, 2018 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Elections, Technology |
| Other Tags: | Hacking, Hardening, Secure Elections |
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| Excerpt: | Washington Governor Jay Inslee and Secretary of State Kim Wyman have cobbled together enough emergency funding to ensure that all counties in Washington State can offer prepaid postage on ballot return envelopes this year, Inslee's office announced in a press release today. |
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| Published at: | 12:29 PM on Tuesday, May 15th, 2018 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | Prepaid Postage for Ballot Return Envelopes |
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| Excerpt: | Prepaid postage on ballot return envelopes may not have been one of the Access to Democracy reforms passed by the Legislature during this year's incredibly productive short session, but it looks like voters might be getting it anyway -- and in time for the midterms! -- if Washington Secretary of State Kim Wyman prevails. |
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| Published at: | 10:33 PM on Monday, April 30th, 2018 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | Prepaid Postage for Ballot Return Envelopes |
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| Excerpt: | Today, the Washington State Legislature held hearings on badly-needed legislation that would bring the activities of our underground signature gathering industry into the light by adding new reporting and compliance requirements to our public disclosure laws. Read our founder's testimony in support of these bills. |
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| Published at: | 10:36 PM on Wednesday, January 31st, 2018 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | Initiative Process Reform, Permanent Defense |
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| Excerpt: | After having passed the DISCLOSE Act, same-day voter registration, and the capital budget earlier this week, our Senate today voted for the first time to adopt the Washington Voting Rights Act (SSB 6002), liberating a bill that had been stuck in the Senate Republicans' graveyard of progress for years. |
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| Published at: | 11:42 AM on Friday, January 19th, 2018 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Civil Liberties, Core Encyclopedia Topics, Elections |
| Other Tags: | Nondiscrimination |
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| Excerpt: | Washington is one step closer to eliminating another barrier to voting tonight thanks to the state Senate's approval of a bill that allows in-person voter registration until 8 PM on Election Night as well as moving the deadline for registering online or by mail much closer to the deadline for returning ballots. |
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| Published at: | 10:03 PM on Wednesday, January 17th, 2018 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | Universal Suffrage |
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| Excerpt: | Washington State's newly minted Democratic Senate majority notched its first signature legislative win tonight, bringing Andy Billig's DISCLOSE Act to the floor for a vote and easily passing the legislation with the support of several Republicans. |
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| Published at: | 9:41 PM on Wednesday, January 17th, 2018 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Open Government |
| Other Tags: | Clean Campaigns, Money in Politics |
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| Excerpt: | Republican Secretary of State Kim Wyman has signaled that her office will be supportive of efforts to eliminate or lower barriers to voting this session in Washington State this year, which will hopefully result in some bipartisan cooperation on the election reform front. |
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| Published at: | 10:10 AM on Monday, January 8th, 2018 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | Universal Suffrage |
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