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City Council briefing on I-135
On Tuesday the Seattle City Council will consider its options on Initiative 135, which would create a new “social housing” public development authority. On Monday, the Council will hear a presentation on the initiative and review its three options: vote I-135 into law, removing the need for a special election; …
Continue readingDraft Council district map
The five Seattle Redistricting Commission members met earlier this week and reached consensus on a draft map of new City Council district boundaries to circulate for feedback. The Commission will be holding a public forum on the draft map on August 9. I hope you found this article valuable. If …
Continue readingRedistricting proposals for Seattle Council districts
This evening the Seattle Redistricting Commission is holding a marathon meeting to discuss and try to come to agreement on new City Council district boundaries. In preparation for the meeting, each of the five commission members has offered up a proposed new map. All five propose different variations on where …
Continue readingEthics and Elections Commission proposes reforms to democracy voucher program
The Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission, which oversees the Democracy Voucher program, is considering two rules changes for the program in an effort to curb what it considers a “corrosive” practice: paying outside companies to harvest democracy vouchers. The DV harvesters leverage the existence of a simple form that one …
Continue readingOpen Primaries letter to Seattle City Council
Yesterday the Seattle City Council formally approved sending its own proposal for voting reform, ranked-choice voting, to the November ballot as an alternative to Initiative 134, approval voting. But earlier in the day, the Council received a letter from a voting-rights advocacy group, Open Primaries, laying out an argument as …
Continue readingCity Council memo on “approval” and “ranked choice” voting
The Seattle City Council has scheduled a special meeting for 2:00pm on July 14th to take possible action on Initiative 134. Its options do not include enacting it directly into law at this point, not preventing it from appearing on the November ballot, but it will consider whether it wishes …
Continue readingSeattle City Council proposes ranked-choice voting for primary elections
After punting for a week on sending Initiative 134 — “approval voting” — to the voters, this week the City Council will be introducing its own alternative, “ranked-choice voting,” to potentially appear alongside it on the November ballot. Approval voting allows voters to vote (without priority) for all candidates they …
Continue readingAll the candidates on the August primary ballot in King County
King County Elections has posted a list of all of the candidates and ballot measures who have filed for the August primary election. They have also provided some filing statistics for last week, better known as “Filing Week.” And for the record, here is the list of all the candidates …
Continue readingDemocracy Voucher Program 2021 Biennial Report
The Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission, which administers the Democracy Voucher Program, has completed its 2021 Biennial Report on the program. Over the 2020-2021 period, the program spent a total of $5,347,010; $3,397,050 in program disbursements to campaigns, and $1,949,960 in administration costs. That’s a 36.4% overhead rate. Participation in …
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