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: | Ahead of Top Two Election Night 2021, it seems like a good time to circle back and take one final look at the Emerald City's electoral landscape before the last sprint to the finish. |
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| Published at: | 4:00 PM on Friday, July 30th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | WA-Cities |
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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: | Fair Elections |
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| Excerpt: | Voter turnout reached 84.14% -- not quite as high as the 2008 general election twelve years ago, but pretty close to a record. |
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| Published at: | 8:28 PM on Tuesday, November 24th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | Fair Elections |
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| Excerpt: | We don't know the results of the 2020 presidential election yet. But what we do know is that this election is already very different from 2016. Just look at the voter turnout. |
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| Published at: | 12:50 PM on Monday, November 2nd, 2020 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | Fair Elections |
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| Excerpt: | Aiming for 90% turnout, King County Elections is opening six Vote Centers through Tuesday to provide voters more services closer to home. |
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| Published at: | 8:02 PM on Sunday, November 1st, 2020 |
| Written by: | Bobby Aiyer |
| Categories: | Elections, Public Service |
| Other Tags: | Fair Elections, WA-Ballot |
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| Excerpt: | With voting underway in the 2020 presidential election, NPI's Andrew Villeneuve talked to King County's top elections official about the record-setting participation so far and options for returning ballots. |
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| Published at: | 8:30 PM on Wednesday, October 21st, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | Fair Elections |
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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: | Elections, Events, Open Government, Party Politics, Policy Topics |
| Other Tags: | Accountable Leaders, Fair Elections, Netroots Nation |
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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, Fair Elections, Netroots Nation, Universal Suffrage |
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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: | Fair Elections |
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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: | Fair Elections, KS-Sen |
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| Excerpt: | The returns so far suggest people across the Evergreen State understand the importance of investing in the public services that make our communities strong. |
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| Published at: | 8:20 PM on Sunday, May 3rd, 2020 |
| Written by: | Rich Erwin |
| Categories: | Education, Elections, Healthcare, Policy Topics |
| Other Tags: | 2019-2022 Coronavirus Pandemic, WA-Local, WA-Schools |
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| Excerpt: | Almost half of Washington State's registered voters participated in its 2020 presidential primary, the first to be used by both major political parties. |
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| Published at: | 6:51 PM on Sunday, March 22nd, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | Pacific Northwest Presidential Primaries, US-Pres |
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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: | Fair Elections |
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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: | Fair Elections |
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