From Bob Ferguson: Dear Friend, If you watch TV, you know an out-of-state PAC founded by Karl Rove is spending millions of dollars trying to buy the Attorney General’s Office with misleading attack ads criticizing work I did as a summer intern in law school. We have a response ad on the air, but I …
Category: Elections
Oct 19
Ballots are in the mail!
Ballots should begin to arrive in our mailboxes today. Need help deciding who to vote for? Here are the 11th LD’s endorsements: http://www.11thlddems.org/2012/07/endorsements-2012/ And… the Washington State Democrats posted their personal endorsements finder. Check it out! http://www.wa-democrats.org/content/personal-democratic-endorsements-finder
Oct 17
Obama For America Team needs your help!
Ballots will be mailed on Wednesday, October 17th. Now’s the time to volunteer and help make the final push to help our president and our party. Go Dems! October Team Kent/ Renton Event Calendar Event Host/ contact person Day Date Time Location Phonebank Belinda Green (253-630-2762, belgre@comcast.net) Wed Oct 17 6-9 pm 25906 143rd Ave …
Oct 11
Elections and Smartphones
With more and more people using Smartphones, there’s a powerful new app that can let them use their Smartphones to navigate through the voting process. Key partners of our Campus Election Engagement Project, like Rock the Vote and the Lawyers Committee on Civil Rights, have been working on it for close to two years. It’s …
Oct 11
Congressional District Maps… old vs. new
Because many of you have asked, our search for a single website for maps showing congressional districts before and after redistricting has succeeded! Civic Impulse’s website shows voters in the 2012 U.S. elections if their congressional district has changed since the last election AND provides side by side maps of the 2010 (current) and 2012 …
Oct 06
Register to vote
Sep 06
Want to keep election officials from blocking your vote? There’s an app for that!
http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2012/08/voter-id-election-protection-smartphone-app This fall, restrictive new voting laws in more than a dozen states could keep millions of people from exercising their constitutional right to vote. ID and birth certificate requirements, restrictions on early voting, and shutdowns on election day registration happen to affect non-rich, non-white, non-middle-aged, non-male voters most. This flurry of regulatory activity could …
May 30
Sign Up for June Voter Registration: St. Martin’s Shelter, Fremont Fair, Pride Parade, and more!
We had a packed schedule in May with events including Cinco De Mayo, the U District Street Fair, Folklife Festival, phone banking with Win Win, and other events that OFA volunteers hosted – thank you all for making each of these events a great success! June is an important month for voter registration as the …
May 18
Last chance to file for PCO
The candidate filing deadline is upon us. If you want to file for PCO (or another office), here are the closing times: Friday, May 18, 4 pm: Online filing closes Friday, May 18, 4:30 pm: In-person filing closes You can file online here: http://info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/candidatefiling or in-person at King County Elections: http://www.kingcounty.gov/elections/referenceresources/candidatefiling.aspx
May 14
PCO Filing Week Reminder
It’s PCO Filing week! If you want to be a PCO, you can file online here: http://info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/pcocandidatefiling Also, your precinct boundaries may have shifted. The latest updated list is posted on King County’s website. You can find that information here: http://your.kingcounty.gov/elections/gis/maps/leg/Leg11.pdf
May 10
Monday, May 14th is the first day of filing week
May 10, 2012 Dear Democrat, Monday, May 14th is the first day of filing week in Washington State. Between now and the filing deadline of Friday, May 18th you have a rare opportunity to stand for election as a Democratic Precinct Committee Officer (PCO).
Apr 26
11th District Democrats’ PCO Nominating Convention – Official Call
Welcome to the 11th District Democrats’ PCO Nominating Convention: Saturday April 28, 2012 – following legislative district caucus IAM Hall – 9125 15th Place South – Seattle 98108 The nominating convention will begin immediately after the legislative district caucuses. All PCOs that were elected/appointed before March 15.2012, are eligible to vote. Weighted precinct values will …
