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« Reply #825 on: March 14, 2009, 06:53:01 PM »

These are the only interesting elections-related bills that are still alive:

- A bill to eliminate special elections in March and only allow previously failed tax levies and new bond issues in May
- A bill that would make it illegal to lie about your opponent
- The felon voting bill that was discussed earlier
- The bill to force Pierce County to switch to vote-by-mail
- A bill to stop sending ballots to inactive voters
- A bill that slightly modifies where certain candidates can file for office and abolishes the filling fee for PCO's
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« Reply #826 on: March 14, 2009, 08:21:31 PM »

These are the only interesting elections-related bills that are still alive:

- A bill to eliminate special elections in March and only allow previously failed tax levies and new bond issues in May

What's the justification for that?

- A bill to stop sending ballots to inactive voters

To save money, or is this one of those "this will reform the election system even if we're not sure why" deals?

- A bill that would make it illegal to lie about your opponent

Should I be as skeptical as I am, or is this some sort of loophole?

- A bill that slightly modifies where certain candidates can file for office and abolishes the filling fee for PCO's

Sweet.  I'm totally filing for PCO next time.  I mean, why not.
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« Reply #827 on: March 14, 2009, 08:57:04 PM »

What's the justification for that?

It's not that inconvenient for school boards and such to wait a month or go a month before but it's rather costly and inconvenient for county auditors to have to constantly be running elections for the first five months of the year (and then the primary and general).

To save money, or is this one of those "this will reform the election system even if we're not sure why" deals?

It'll save money, but it also just sort of makes sense. You have to be really, really inactive to be labeled an inactive voter. It doesn't happen by mistake.

Should I be as skeptical as I am, or is this some sort of loophole?

It used to be the law and then was ruled unconstitutional (I wonder why...) This is Tim Sheldon basically re-writing the law to make it not unconstitutional. I'm rather skeptical though.

http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/Summary.aspx?bill=5211&year=2009

Sweet.  I'm totally filing for PCO next time.  I mean, why not.

The $1 filling fee was really that much of a deterrent? Wink
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« Reply #828 on: March 14, 2009, 10:30:39 PM »
« Edited: March 14, 2009, 10:41:14 PM by Alcon »

It'll save money, but it also just sort of makes sense. You have to be really, really inactive to be labeled an inactive voter. It doesn't happen by mistake.

As far as I know, only USPS returning mail makes a voter inactive.  Not voting doesn't make you inactive, to my knowledge.  One of my neighbors has been registered since the '70s or something, and has never voted.  He's still active.

The big downside is probably people who have their mailing and residence addresses switched on registration.  Whitman County did that to bgwah.  But now that there are no polling places, I guess that doesn't matter much.  With VBM, they're not going to get it anyway, if they've moved or have a wrong address.  So the only voters who will be "missed" are those that temporarily relocate.

Honestly, I didn't realize we did send ballots to inactive voters...so no qualms.

The $1 filling fee was really that much of a deterrent? Wink

Do you know how many Jack in the Box tacos I could get for that $1?

TWO AND A QUARTER!

Are you asking me to put democracy before tacos?
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« Reply #829 on: March 15, 2009, 03:26:47 AM »
« Edited: March 15, 2009, 03:30:02 AM by Alcon »

http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/politicsnorthwest/index.html#039070

sigh...

I mean, I understand that transportation infrastructure has to make concessions to current lifestyle.  But, every single freaking time in this state?

Thanks to people like John Bailo, natch:

Density breeds crime, pollution and low quality of life...always.  Once fresh Seattle neighborhoods that used to be like small towns have been hellified into urban concrete walled nightmares.  The "ligth rail" behemoth of Nichles, Sims and Gregoire will spread decay outward towards Redmond.  The only hope is to leave.

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« Reply #830 on: March 15, 2009, 03:30:44 AM »

I first read that as "Bills to mandate dentistry around light rail stations are dead".

Now that's a bill I could get behind.
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« Reply #831 on: March 15, 2009, 03:34:01 AM »

My favorite part is this one:

John Fox, of the Seattle Displacement Coalition, said that mandated density could leave already congested Capitol Hill, the University District, Roosevelt, Northgate and other neighborhoods around Sound Transit stations denser than any area north of San Francisco.

What kind of weird complaint is that.  First, it's wrong.  Vancouver has much denser neighborhoods.  So, basically, the complaint is that Seattle would be the densest city between San Francisco and Vancouver.  OH GOD NO, ANYTHING BUT THAT

I'm sorry, I had to treat your amusing post like it was serious so I could complain more
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« Reply #832 on: March 15, 2009, 03:48:44 AM »

Your outrage is legitimate. I'm just really tired and sick.
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« Reply #833 on: March 16, 2009, 02:17:52 AM »

http://columbian.com/article/20090315/NEWS02/703159957/-1/NEWS

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« Reply #834 on: March 16, 2009, 02:50:59 AM »

Washington?
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« Reply #835 on: March 16, 2009, 12:03:31 PM »

Interesting article.  That kind of reminds me of something I've been meaning to ask:  Who the hell is Jaime Herrera?  I know that she was appointed in 2007, but as far as I can tell she just appeared.  She seems young, conservative and photogenic.  Clark County is also not a bad part of the state to be from, politically.  Does she have any future potential?

All I know about her beyond that is that I once saw her throw some papers on TVW, and was told she was out of order.  It was awkward and staged, but pretty funny

She was an intern in the State House a few years ago (2004ish I think) and then was a low-level staff for McMorris Rodgers for a little while. When Curtis resigned over the prostitution scandal the local GOP thought she'd be a good pick for some reason. Bit of an odd decision and one that I suspect pissed off some old dogs down there, but nonetheless a smart decision.

In terms of her long-term viability (and referring back to that article), Zarelli and Orcutt actually agree with and support the type of people that showed up at that event. Herrera just humors those types. With the right fundraising she could be a good candidate on a larger scale (WA-03...)
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« Reply #836 on: March 16, 2009, 12:40:50 PM »

Here's the extremely threatening e-mail that the Labor Council CC'd some Legislators on and thus caused Gregoire, Chopp and Brown to call the state patrol.

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« Reply #837 on: March 16, 2009, 06:37:09 PM »

Seattle PI publishes their last issue tomorrow.
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« Reply #838 on: March 17, 2009, 12:14:48 AM »

Aaaaand opportunistic feeding frenzy starts...NOW!



Stay classy, newspaper business
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« Reply #839 on: March 17, 2009, 12:18:52 AM »

Seattle PI publishes their last issue tomorrow.

Sad

It is sad to see the oldest newspaper in Washington go out like this.
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« Reply #840 on: March 17, 2009, 12:41:28 AM »

Call me a heartless jerk, but the moaning and complaining the local media and politicos have been doing over this is rather pathetic. If the city really wanted the P-I that badly then there'd still be a market for it. Times change, get over it.

The horse whip industry isn't doing too well these day but that's just sort of how things go...
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« Reply #841 on: March 17, 2009, 01:11:44 AM »

Former Republican and current State Sen. Fred Jarrett (D-Mercer Island) is entering the race for King County Executive. No Republican has announced yet, although the post is "non-partisan".
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« Reply #842 on: March 17, 2009, 01:31:44 AM »

haha, and dan savage is running for seattle mayor.  Oh boy.

Jarrett is a fascinating candidate who I do not think should be underballed.  What he lacks in charisma, he makes up for in being nearly perfect on paper.  Let's see which way "former Republican" plays in suburban City of Seattle.
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« Reply #843 on: March 17, 2009, 02:14:59 AM »

haha, and dan savage is running for seattle mayor.  Oh boy.

Holy sh*t, he actually is. I thought that post was a joke until I read the entire Slog entry. Awesome.
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« Reply #844 on: March 17, 2009, 03:58:16 AM »

Not sure how I missed this but the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact is still alive - it passed out of the Senate by a 28-21 vote.
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« Reply #845 on: March 17, 2009, 02:29:56 PM »

haha, and dan savage is running for seattle mayor.  Oh boy.

Holy sh*t, he actually is. I thought that post was a joke until I read the entire Slog entry. Awesome.

I would so vote for him....if I lived in Seattle. Sad

Definately. I love the Stranger.
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« Reply #846 on: March 17, 2009, 03:17:43 PM »

Marilyn Strickland just announced for Tacoma mayor.  I'm not even sure if she'll end up facing substantial opposition.  The only other announced candidate is architect Jim Merritt, a local do-gooder who I doubt has enough political cache, compared to Strickland.
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« Reply #847 on: March 17, 2009, 05:38:15 PM »

Too bad Savage's candidacy is such a joke. If he were serious, it would be really interesting.
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« Reply #848 on: March 17, 2009, 08:11:17 PM »

Julie Anderson doesn't want to run and last I heard neither does Tim Farrell. Things may have changed for him since the '08 county council results though...
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« Reply #849 on: March 17, 2009, 10:15:41 PM »

Issues? What are those? This is Tacoma Democratic politics: egos, money and unions! Cheesy

Farrell is certainly ambitious enough but he's got some, er, personal issues. I won't go into them right here.

I agree that Strickland is probably the favorite no matter who runs though.
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