February 18, 2022
The Plot Twist: Budget Provisos
Friends — Picture this: You're watching a reality TV show very similar to Survivor, except the people who slowly get voted off the island are bills, and instead of a…
February 11, 2022
Polling, who needs it? (Everyone. Literally everyone needs it.)
Friends — At the end of the day, legislators ax important bills for a few reasons that center around bad polling: 1️⃣ Our political ecosystem lacks a diversity of voices…
February 4, 2022
No, We Don’t Mean Whipped Cream
Friends — The Whip is the person who counts the votes, and whipping votes looks like leadership deliberately applying pressure on rank and file members so that a member votes…
January 27, 2022
Biennium? Buy any of ‘em!!!
Friends— So on top of everything being bureaucratic, we also have this whole cyclical thing that happens at the legislature. Our state’s budget gets redone in a timeline that’s called…
January 19, 2022
The Community Whip Count And Actions
Friends— Now that you know our priority bills, we’ve set up a tool for transparency, accountability, and accessibility to the otherwise gatekeeping system that is the legislative process. That is…
January 8, 2022
Legislative preview: Our big nine
Friends— IKf you’ve been with The Tally from the beginning, you know what’s what. If this is first legislative session with us: Welcome. We’re so glad you’re here. Have a…
December 15, 2021
Redistricting: The people’s version
WCA NEWSLETTER -- A bombshell memo from a redistricting commissioner staffer lays out in plain language what we’ve been saying all along: this wasn’t a nonpartisan process where community testimony…
November 22, 2021
5 ways to fight for ranked-choice voting
WCA NEWSLETTER -- Friends—we won’t get a real democracy until we update the rules of the game. If you’re following closely, you know that our state’s redistricting is entering an…
October 20, 2021
4 key races for us to GET OUT THE VOTE
WCA NEWSLETTER — Friends—ballots went out this week, so I hope we don’t need to remind you to TURN. THEM. IN. if you get one. The stakes remain high. After historic…
