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Seeking ways to get more voters registered and casting ballots
15Jan
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Seeking ways to get more voters registered and casting ballots

The Spokesman-Review / Jan. 11, 2018 OLYMPIA - Washington needs more people registered to vote and more of those citizens casting ballots, Gov. Jay Inslee and other state and local officials said Friday as they unveiled a series of proposals ...

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Washington Democrats’ ambitious new voting rights agenda
15Jan
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Washington Democrats’ ambitious new voting rights agenda

Think Progress / Jan. 8, 2018 By Ian Millhiser This is how you play the game. Last November, Democrats gained control of the Washington state senate — and, with it, the entire state legislature and the governor’s mansion — when Democratic ...

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Yakima deputy mayor offers support for better voter rights
15Jan
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Yakima deputy mayor offers support for better voter rights

Yakima Herald / Jan. 7, 2018 By Kaitlin Bain

YAKIMA, Wash. — Yakima Deputy Mayor Dulce Gutierrez is among those supporting a package of bills intended to get more people to vote.
At a news conference Friday in Olympia, Gutierrez ...

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09Jan
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Priorities for the 2018 Legislative Session

January 9, 2018

Dear Neighbor, The Washington State Senate has convened the 2018 legislative session. My top priorities include completing the unfinished business in K-12 education and passing the capital budget, which funds ...

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