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Hear it again: the promises and pitfalls of ranked choice voting

The Seattle City Council put ranked choice voting on the general election ballot, giving voters the choice of changing the way elections are conducted for the mayor, city council members, and city attorney.
Libby Denkmann

Hans Anderson
Law & Courts

After incarceration, these voters have a voice

A new group of voters are eligible to participate in the upcoming midterms. Voting rights were restored to formerly incarcerated felons in Washington when new legislation went into effect early this year. Christopher Poulos from the Department of Corrections is here to talk about the new law and its impact on the community.
Patricia Murphy

Jennie Cecil Moore
Government

WA recently expanded voting access for formerly incarcerated people. But barriers remain

Washington state now gives everyone convicted of a felony the right to vote when they leave prison. But some challenges remain for people who were once incarcerated when it comes to casting their ballots.
Libby Denkmann

Hans Anderson
Politics

No charges in Washington ballot drop box surveillance investigation

The FBI is in possession of a sheriff’s investigation into an alleged voter suppression effort in King County, Wash. Conservative activists who don’t trust Washington’s vote-by-mail system were behind the effort during the run-up to the August primary.
Austin Jenkins
Government

The promises and pitfalls of ranked choice voting

Seattle voters will decide in November whether to adopt ranked choice voting, approval voting, or to keep the electoral system as is. These new voting methods would only apply to mayoral city council and city attorney elections.
Libby Denkmann

Hans Anderson
Politics

Incumbents move ahead in key Washington races: 2022 primary election

The results from this week's primary are still taking shape, but we've got a good idea of who will be on the November ballot in some key races.
Katie Campbell
Politics

What 2022's primaries say about Washington state politics

The Washington state primaries are right around the corner. Ballots are due by Tuesday, August 2.
Austin Jenkins

David Hyde

Angela King
Government

On the Ballot: Moving King County elections to even years

The Metropolitan King County Council voted this week to change how we vote in King County. Here’s a hint: they want election years to be divisible by two. Voters will decide whether or not this change will be made this November, and Soundside invited Crosscut.com state politics reporter Joseph O’Sullivan and Political Science Professor Todd Donovan to discuss what this means for the county.
Libby Denkmann

Jason Burrows
Government

A More Perfect Union: Latinx voting rights

In this second episode of A More Perfect Union, reporters from Spokane Public Radio, Northwest Public Broadcasting, KUOW, and Humanities Washington explore Latinx voting rights and civic engagement in our region.
Sarah Leibovitz

Libby Denkmann
Politics

Washington voters' role in gun laws: ballots vs bills

The U.S. is once again mourning dozens of lives lost in several mass shootings just last month. And because these events are all too common now in our country, the debates that have followed have been predictable.
Austin Jenkins

Katie Campbell

Angela King

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