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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…

Monique Meissner

Blog

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…

Monique Meissner

Blog

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…

Monique Meissner

Blog

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…

Monique Meissner

Blog

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…

Monique Meissner

Blog

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…

Ellie Probus

Blog

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…

Ellie Probus

Blog

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…

Ellie Probus

News

November 18, 2021

Our partner organization, Redistricting Justice for Washington, is a leading voice in the 2021 Washington State redistricting process. For over a year, we have been advocating for fair districts that…

Ellie Probus

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The Plot Twist: Budget Provisos

Polling, who needs it? (Everyone. Literally everyone needs it.)

No, We Don’t Mean Whipped Cream

Biennium? Buy any of ‘em!!!

The Community Whip Count And Actions

Legislative preview:Our big nine

Redistricting: The people’s version

5 ways to fight for ranked-choice voting

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