Votes for a Seattle-only proposal to change the way elections are run from the statewide top-two primary to either ranked-choice voting or approval voting was complicated with two questions before the voters....
As of last Friday, only 32% of registered voters had turned in their ballots statewide, compared to 38.4% four days before the last midterm election in 2018.Voters have until 8 p.m. Tuesday...
Even with best practices in place, no matter how easy and accessible you make voting, “I think we need to be careful thinking that we are going to get to 100%,” said...
“I will follow the rule of law,” Klickitat County Sheriff Bob Songer said at the time, “when I believe it’s constitutional.”InvestigateWest (invw.org) is an independent news nonprofit dedicated to investigative journalism in...
The “Access to Democracy” package of bills signed by Gov. Jay Inslee in March 2018 included same-day voter registration, pre-registration for 16- and 17-year-olds and the motor-voter law – all aimed at...
How does the state figure out how much money to send to schools?While the state distributed about $14,556 per student in 2019-20, according to federal data, it’s not a one-to-one relationship between...
He was joined by Rep. Drew Hansen, D-Bainbridge Island, who plans to introduce a sanctuary bill that will provide patients and medical providers with legal tools and protections if any criminal or...
The Alaska test of ranked-choice voting has produced a surprising – and some would say, desired – outcome.Seattle, as well as Clark and San Juan counties, will be asked whether they want...
