“Support for election consolidation among the public is a mile wide. It’s not a mystery why: 

ordinary voters prefer fewer, better elections. They would rather fill out one ballot per year, even if it’s long, than three or five ballots.
Voters in the state of Washington, for example, face four election days in a typical year, while in neighboring British Columbia, Canada, voters usually have one.”

https://open.substack.com/pub/democracysos/p/the-bizarre-red-blue-politics-of

#EvenYearElections #waleg #elections #SightlineInstitute #DemocracySOS

The Bizarre Red-Blue Politics Of Election Consolidation

Moving local odd-year elections to even years in November would DOUBLE voter turnout and result in other important democratic benefits

DemocracySOS

Action Alert!

Most of us are tired of election cycles every year, multiple times a year.

It doesn’t have to be this way.

We can move all the local elections to Even-Years to happen at the same time as State and Federal elections. That way we can stop having election cycles on odd years all together.

Contact your WA Representatives to support HB 1932. Read more here
https://mailchi.mp/sightline/feb-2024-democracy

#waleg #HB1932 #SightlineInstitute

@Welcomingneighbors @andersem see thread with proposals to improve new Oregon housing planning framework #OHNA, on which state agencies have just delivered their recommendations to the state legislature . It's basically an outline for new version of article draft on the topic for #SightlineInstitute: https://twitter.com/tmccormick/status/1591172877084405761
Tim McCormick @[email protected] 🚐🏡 on Twitter

“Can we plan for unforeseen, radical, & abundant housing approaches, to unlock needed bold change? #Oregon's emerging statewide housing planning system #OHNA aims for change, but I suggest needs far clearer goals definition, metrics, & city/project scoring system to thrive, win:🧵”

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