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: | The proposals are intended to give Washingtonians something to inspect and critique as the Commission moves towards trying to reach a consensus on a final set of maps. The Commission has until November 15th to reach agreement. |
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| Published at: | 2:00 PM on Tuesday, September 21st, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | Redistricting |
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| Excerpt: | With no one paying attention to their completely baseless and unfounded allegations, they've decided to up the ante by going to court and wasting public resources rehashing their grievances there. |
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| Published at: | 12:35 PM on Tuesday, September 21st, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | Fair Elections |
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| Excerpt: | Senate Bill 1110 does not comport with the Gem State's plan of government because it infringes upon the fundamental rights of direct democracy guaranteed to Idahoans by Article III, Section I of the state's constitution. |
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| Published at: | 4:07 PM on Monday, August 23rd, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections, Litigation |
| Other Tags: | ID-Ballot |
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| Excerpt: | If we are to remain a democratic republic, voter suppression schemes like the kind Eyman plans to work on must be defeated. |
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| Published at: | 12:56 PM on Wednesday, August 11th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | Voter Turnout |
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| Excerpt: | Beginning in 2022, Beaver State voters will be able to vote through the Postal Service and have their ballot count as long as it's postmarked by Election Day and received within seven days. That's a win for democracy and ballot access. |
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| Published at: | 3:13 PM on Tuesday, July 20th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections, Legislative Advocacy |
| Other Tags: | Voter Turnout |
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| Excerpt: | By walking out, Democratic state representatives are leaving the Texas State House of Representatives without a constitutionally required quorum, which means that the House cannot conduct any floor business. |
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| Published at: | 8:22 PM on Monday, July 12th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | Universal Suffrage |
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| Excerpt: | “This lawsuit is a stunt, and it’s unlikely to find traction in the courts,” Jameel Jaffer, director of the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, told the Daily Beast. |
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| Published at: | 9:30 AM on Thursday, July 8th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Categories: | Elections, Litigation |
| Tags: | Fair Elections |
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| Excerpt: | By a vote of fifty to fifty, the Senate failed to invoke cloture on S. 1. Democratic senators vowed to keep on fighting, while Mitch McConnell, speaking on behalf of himself and his caucus, promised not to give an inch. |
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| Published at: | 6:54 PM on Tuesday, June 22nd, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | Universal Suffrage |
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| Excerpt: | Manchin clearly doesn't like what is happening to the country, but bewilderingly, it appears he only wants to take corrective action if the very people who are busy enabling the destruction of America's political norms are on board. |
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| Published at: | 8:30 AM on Monday, June 7th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Elections, Open Government |
| Other Tags: | Accountable Leaders, Universal Suffrage |
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| Excerpt: | Trump is back. Expect a summer full of rallies, camp followers spouting Q-Anon nonsense, and Trump leaving the stage to ovations that would send Hitler to bed happy. |
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| Published at: | 2:18 PM on Sunday, June 6th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | US-Pres |
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| Excerpt: | Like primary sources? This roundup of anti-voter bills from Iowa, Georgia, Florida, and Texas contains the complete bill text of each bill Republicans have brought forth to disenfranchise millions of their constituents. |
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| Published at: | 3:00 PM on Sunday, May 30th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | Universal Suffrage |
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| Excerpt: | If safeguards cannot be put into place to protect ahead of the 2022 midterms, whether through federal legislation like H.R. 1, or court action, or fierce local resistance to bad state laws and dictates, we could be in huge trouble. |
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| Published at: | 5:37 PM on Saturday, May 22nd, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | Fair Elections |
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| Excerpt: | The Republican Party has become a cult that adores an unaccountable sociopath. Perhaps the time has come for a new center-right political party rooted in conservative values. |
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| Published at: | 4:00 PM on Monday, March 8th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Categories: | Civil Liberties, Core Encyclopedia Topics, Elections, Party Politics |
| Other Tags: | Nondiscrimination |
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| 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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