More on this: Twenty seven legislative candidates are running unopposed this year. Down by 12 from the all time high of 39 two years ago, but still a weirdly high number for people interested in healthy democracy. And, I would assume that anyone who would give their time to a third party would be someone…
Month: August 2008
Don’t waste that stamp mailing your ballot (24 locations to drop off your ballot)
In Thurston County, you don’t have to bother putting a stamp on your ballot, because there are 24 locations throughout the county where you can easily drop your ballot off. Here’s my map last time I checked (some are missing because they’ve added more locations. And here’s the updated list from the county. Chances are…
The Top Two primary won’t kill third parties
Because you can’t kill something deader than dead. Political divisions in the state senate. Click for larger version. The problem with the minor parties’ argument that the Top Two primary hurts their chances is that a minor party candidate hasn’t been elected to the state legislature since the 1920s. While you could blame that on…
Norm Dicks’ old field organizer endorses challenger
Interesting stuff, via email: As ballots go out in the mail, Congressman Norm Dicks 2006 Field Organizer Endorses Democratic Challenger Paul Richmond William Jamie Nixon, 2006 Field Organizer for the Dicks Campaign gave his support to Democratic Challenger Paul Richmond. In a letter released today, Dicks former Field Organizer describes how he worked tirele ssly…