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Republican megadonor Brian Heywood opens his wallet to fund six-initiative signature drive

A wealthy donor to the Wash­ing­ton State Repub­li­can Par­ty has begun fun­nel­ing seri­ous mon­ey into a sig­na­ture dri­ve that aims to qual­i­fy a slew of six right wing ini­tia­tives to the 2024 Wash­ing­ton State Leg­is­la­ture, reports filed this week with the Pub­lic Dis­clo­sure Com­mis­sion by his polit­i­cal com­mit­tee show. 

Posted inLegislative Advocacy

New fiscal dashboard proposed by NPI and Senator Kuderer goes live for Washingtonians

Pre­pared by the Leg­isla­tive Eval­u­a­tion and Account­abil­i­ty Pro­gram (LEAP) and the Office of Finan­cial Man­age­ment (OFM), the Bud­get­ing for Wash­ing­ton’s Future fis­cal dash­board pro­vides use­ful, truth­ful, and accu­rate infor­ma­tion about state rev­enue and expen­di­tures, as required by the leg­is­la­tion we cre­at­ed to get rid of Tim Eyman’s push polls.

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DONE! Governor Jay Inslee signs into law NPI’s bill to get rid of Tim Eyman’s push polls

The gov­er­nor’s endorse­ment of SB 5082 was the final step in its jour­ney from pro­posed vot­ing jus­tice leg­is­la­tion to ses­sion law. Five years of work by NPI and allies to replace Eyman’s push polls with truth­ful, accu­rate fis­cal infor­ma­tion that is con­tin­u­ous­ly updat­ed for vot­ers has now reached a suc­cess­ful conclusion.

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VICTORY! Washington State House passes NPI’s bill to repeal Tim Eyman’s push polls

On April 7th, the Wash­ing­ton State House of Rep­re­sen­ta­tives vot­ed 54–43 to pass the North­west Pro­gres­sive Insti­tute’s leg­is­la­tion to abol­ish what Eyman calls “advi­so­ry votes,” but which are real­ly push polls… prej­u­di­cial­ly word­ed fake bal­lot mea­sures that inter­rupt the act of vot­ing and hin­der elec­toral participation. 

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State House hears NPI’s bill to make it easier to vote by ending Tim Eyman’s push polls

Spon­sored by Sen­a­tor Pat­ty Kud­er­er (D‑48th Dis­trict: Belle­vue, Red­mond, Kirk­land), Sen­ate Bill 5082 would get rid of the push polls and replace them with truth­ful, use­ful infor­ma­tion about the state’s finances, acces­si­ble from the offi­cial leg­isla­tive web­site and the voter’s pam­phlet via a QR code and URL.