WHEREAS Washington is home to a significant population with Iranian heritage that enrich our communities through their leadership and contributions in technology, medicine, business, academia, government, and the arts; and WHEREAS on September 16,...
WHEREAS 25% of Washington State’s Democratic presidential primary voters effectively “wasted” their vote in 2020, because they cast their ballot for a candidate who dropped out of the race before Election Day1,2; WHEREAS Washington...
RESOLUTION REQUESTING CANDIDATES SEEKING OR RECEIVING DEMOCRATIC PARTY ENDORSEMENTS TO SIGN AN ACCESSIBILITY PLEDGE TO HOLD EVENTS IN ACCESSIBLE LOCATIONS WHEREAS the Americans with Disabilities Act was passed by congress in 1990, requiring state...
WHEREAS, the Reagan Era War on Drugs was a catastrophic failure which treated the public health issue of substance abuse as a criminal issue, and in doing so, destroyed people and families and ballooned...
Whereas democracy in the United States is in serious danger, and Whereas a free press is one of the bedrocks of a healthy democracy and a fundamental right guaranteed by the First Amendment of...
Support a Program to Prepare Students to Vote and Encourage Voter Registration for Youth in High School WHEREAS, democracy in the United States is in serious danger, and WHEREAS, the youth of this country...
WHEREAS statewide “advisory votes” are not real ballot measures, but rather anti-tax propaganda created by Tim Eyman to look like ballot measures, and are a barrier to securing more robust participation because they confuse...
WHEREAS Kyle Rittenhouse traveled to Kenosha, Wisconsin from his home in Antioch, Illinois, on August 21, 2020 during a period of sometimes violent racial unrest, and without authority of any kind, took it upon...
Resolution to reinstate the Chinook Indian Nation as a Federally recognized tribe by the Department of the Interior. Whereas the Chinook Indian Nation became a Federally recognized tribe by the Department of Interior on...
WHEREAS the Permanent Apportionment Act of 1929 caps the size of the House of Representatives at 435 people; and WHEREAS in 2018 there was an estimated one voting member of the House for about...
