Washington 2020: The Calm Before the Drizzle

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I guess Washington doesn't have any laws on residency, or what?

You only have to live here for a month or so... As one source pointed out, due to our relatively late primary (August), Kucinich would have enough time to lose a primary in Ohio, move here, and live here long enough to register and file as a candidate.

He would of course have to resign his seat to do that.

Would he? Is there language in the Constitution, federal or state law that says you actually must live in your district the entire term of office?

You must live in your state.

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I guess Washington doesn't have any laws on residency, or what?

You only have to live here for a month or so... As one source pointed out, due to our relatively late primary (August), Kucinich would have enough time to lose a primary in Ohio, move here, and live here long enough to register and file as a candidate.

He would of course have to resign his seat to do that.

Would he? Is there language in the Constitution, federal or state law that says you actually must live in your district the entire term of office?

You must live in your state.

I don't think so; Johnny posted the relevant portion of the Constitution upthread.

Ah, I misinterpreted it. I stand corrected.

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I've always preferred it.

It's a good option if you don't care about a secret ballot.

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It's worth mentioning that any voter is welcome to go to their county elections office to cast a ballot in person if they have concerns about privacy.

I don't think you understand why the secret ballot works the way it does.

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Rob McKenna is making pleasant noises regarding K-12 and higher education funding:

McKenna's call to boost school funds short on details

By Jim Brunner
Seattle Times political reporter

State Attorney General Rob McKenna rolled out his 2012 campaign for governor last week with an attention-grabbing call to reverse decades of dwindling state support for public schools and universities.

Taking the stage at Bellevue's Sammamish High School, where he graduated in 1980, the Republican said the state should return to spending about three-quarters of its budget on education, as it did when he was young.

"We need to go back to a state commitment to funding education, a commitment where public education receives the kind of share of the budget it got when we were in school," McKenna declared.

But could he really deliver on that?

McKenna laid out ambitious specifics. He said K-12 schools should receive about 51 percent of the budget, instead of the current 40 percent. Colleges should have a 16 percent slice, McKenna said, double what they receive now.

So Rob McKenna wants to make it rain for schools?

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So Rob McKenna wants to make it rain for schools?

Appreciate my Rob McKenna jokes!

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His name is Reagan? Oh, dear.

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"Traditional marriage...goes back to when life started."

- Rep. Jan Angel (R-Port Orchard)

do people over the age of 50 not have access to wikipedia?

I suppose you could claim that if you believe that traditional marriage was created by God at the same time that life was created, or something.

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Sawant has successfully driven a lot of small landlords out of D3 and now all the local apartment buildings are owned by big corporations who can afford to legally defend themselves against her, and that just makes things more expensive and impersonal for renters.

I am not a communist and I have no particular issue with the rest of what you posted, but is this really true? When it comes to renting, as with most economic transactions in my life, I'd rather deal with a large corporation that has established legal policies than with a small proprietor for whom things are personal.