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03/24/2025

ACTION NEEDED! WA State Democracy Legislative Newsletter Week of March 24, 2025, plus, Seattle Democracy Voucher Program Updates!

The Washington State legislative session continues. This is the FIRST year of the biennium, which lasts 105 days, ending on April 27th. All bills introduced this year will carry over to next year if they don't pass this session.

03/20/2025

WA State ACTION ALERT! Please sign in PRO to support media literacy and civic education before 12:30 pm for public hearing on Monday, March 24th: https://app.leg.wa.gov/csi/Testifier/Add?chamber=House&mId=33103&aId=165974&caId=26694&tId=3

03/19/2025

TODAY: Fix Democracy First Happy Hour @ 5 pm PT/8 pm ET - Multimember Districts & Proportional Representation with League of Women Voters of Washington Education Project Team - Register to join at:

Grab a drink and come hear about the latest democracy news, ongoing efforts to fix democracy, and actions you can take at our weekly Democracy Happy Hour, Wednesdays @ 5-6:30 pm PT/8-9:30 pm ET.

03/17/2025

Congress holds a unique duty to uphold democracy. Is it doing so?
Democracy is based on a handful of ideas that define what self-government is: we are all equal; we respect each other as fellow humans sharing the same unalienable rights; we reject the idea of a sovereign and commit to governing ourselves using written law; we make the law together by seeking the truth; and we agree to be bound by the laws we create.

Commitment to democracy under the structure of a republic creates rights and duties for elected representatives. Some are not meeting their responsibilities.

03/17/2025

Fix Democracy First WA Democracy Legislative Newsletter for the week of March 17, 2025 & Actions Needed!

The Washington State legislative session continues. This is the FIRST year of the biennium, which lasts 105 days, ending on April 27th. All bills introduced this year will carry over to next year if they don't pass this session.

03/13/2025

*ACTION NEEDED for WA State bill SB 5077 to Expand Automatic Voter Registration- Sign in PRO TODAY before the public hearing tomorrow, Mar 14 here: https://bit.ly/expandavr

03/12/2025

TODAY: SPECIAL EVENT for Civic Learning Week:
Increasing Youth Civic Engagement with Hands-on Projects & Civic Seal Programs with Generation Citizen - March 12th @ 5 pm PT/8 pm - Register to join @ https://bit.ly/DemocracyHappyHour

03/11/2025

TOMORROW: SPECIAL EVENT for Civic Learning Week:
Increasing Youth Civic Engagement with Hands-on Projects & Civic Seal Programs with Generation Citizen - March 12th @ 5 pm PT/8 pm - Register to join @ https://bit.ly/DemocracyHappyHour

03/10/2025

Fix Democracy First WA Democracy Legislative Newsletter for the week of March 10, 2025 & Actions Needed!

The Washington State legislative session continues. This is the FIRST year of the biennium, which lasts 105 days, ending on April 27th. All bills introduced this year will carry over to next year if they don't pass this session.

03/07/2025

How Democracy Vouchers Make Elections More Inclusive: A Conversation With Jen Heerwig and Brian McCabe - On Friday, March 14, at /11 am PT/2 pm ET - https://campaignlegal.org/events/how-democracy-vouchers-make-elections-more-inclusive-conversation-jen-heerwig-and-brian

On Friday, March 14, at 2 p.m. EST, Campaign Legal Center’s Aaron McKean will be joined by authors Jen Heerwig and Brian McCabe to discuss their book, “Democracy Vouchers and the Promise of Fairer Elections in Seattle.” Heerwig and McCabe explore the success and impact of Seattle’s public fi...

03/05/2025

TODAY: Fix Democracy First Democracy Happy Hour @ 5 pm PT/8 pm ET via Zoom - Democracy Vouchers and the Promise of Fairer Elections with Jennifer Heerwig - Register to join @

Grab a drink and come hear about the latest democracy news, ongoing efforts to fix democracy, and actions you can take at our weekly Democracy Happy Hour, Wednesdays @ 5-6:30 pm PT/8-9:30 pm ET.

03/03/2025

Join a Light for Our Democracy or 50501 Community Gathering
on Tuesday, March 4, 2025! - Find an event near you here: https://www.mobilize.us/lightfordemocracy/?utm_source=FDF
or https://www.fiftyfifty.one/events

03/03/2025

Fix Democracy First WA State Democracy Legislative Newsletter Week of March 3, 2025 - ACTION NEEDED for bills still alive!

The Washington State legislative session continues. This is the FIRST year of the biennium, which lasts 105 days, ending on April 27th. All bills introduced this year will carry over to next year if they don't pass this session.

02/28/2025

Light for Our Democracy: Community Gatherings on Tues. March 4th - - Find an event near you @ https://www.mobilize.us/lightfordemocracy/?utm_source=FDF

Or sign up to host an event in your community: https://www.mobilize.us/lightfordemocracy/c/light-for-our-democracy/event/create/

Light for Our Democracy: Community Gatherings on Tues. March 4th - - Find an event near you @ https://www.mobilize.us/lightfordemocracy/?utm_source=FDF

Or sign up to host an event in your community: https://www.mobilize.us/lightfordemocracy/c/light-for-our-democracy/event/create/

Sponsors: League of Women Voters of the US, Black Voters Matter Fund, The Workers Circle, American Association of People with Disabilities, National Organization for Women (NOW), American Federation of Teachers, Southern Poverty Law Center, Common Cause, National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW), Asian Pacific Islander American Vote (APIAVote), Center for Common Ground, Declaration for American Democracy, Public Citizen, Defend the Vote, Fix Democracy First, FOURTH BRANCH ACTION, Unitarian Universalists for Social Justice, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, and Choose Democracy

02/26/2025

TODAY: Fix Democracy First Democracy Happy Hour @ 5 pm PT/8 pm ET ~ SPECIAL EVENT: Local Media & Its Impact on Democracy - Register to join @ https://bit.ly/DemocracyHappyHour

Local journalism is in crisis—2,100 newspapers lost since 2005. How does this impact democracy? Join us for a panel discussion with journalists and media scholars about the impact of shrinking newsrooms, media consolidation, and digital disruption on democracy-and discuss how we can sustain local journalism in the modern era.

Panelists Include:
• Chardonnay Beaver - Author & Multimedia Storyteller, The Facts Newspaper
• Michelle Goldchain - Social Media & Video Editor at WTOP News
• Andrea Otañez - Professor of Journalism and Public Interest at the University of Washington
• Joanne M. Lisosky, Ph.D. - Professor Emerita at Pacific Lutheran University and Coauthor of the League of Women Voters Journalism Study
• MODERATOR: Di Zhang - Librarian at Renton Technical College

*Please note that Marcus Harrison Green, Publisher of Hinton,
Publishing & Founder of the South Seattle Emerald is not able to join us.

02/24/2025

Join Fix Democracy First for a very special Democracy Happy Hour this week on Wednesday, Feb 26 at 5 pm PT/8 pm - Local Media & Its Impact on Democracy. Register @ https://bit.ly/DemocracyHappyHour
For more info visit: https://libguides.rtc.edu/medialiteracy

Our panelists will include:
• Chardonnay Beaver - Author & Multimedia Storyteller, The Facts Newspaper
• Michelle Goldchain - Social Media & Video Editor at WTOP News
• Marcus Harrison Green - Publisher of Hinton, Publishing & Founder of the South Seattle Emerald
• Andrea Otañez - Professor of Journalism and Public Interest at the University of Washington
• Joanne M. Lisosky, Ph.D. - Professor Emerita at Pacific Lutheran University and Coauthor of the League of Women Voters Journalism Study
• MODERATOR: Di Zhang - Librarian at Renton Technical College

02/24/2025

ACTION NEEDED: Fix Democracy First WA Democracy Legislative Newsletter Week of February 24, 2025

The Washington State legislative session continues. This is the FIRST year of the biennium, which lasts 105 days, ending on April 27th. All bills introduced this year will carry over to next year if they don't pass this session.

02/21/2025

15 Years After Citizens United, Seattle Can Show the Way Forward - While the rest of the country struggles to rein in the influence of big money, Seattle has charted a different course. In response to Citizens United, we introduced the Democracy Voucher Program (DVP) in 2017—an innovative effort to empower everyday voters and reduce the dominance of big-money donors. https://thefulcrum.us/money-politics/influence-of-money-in-elections

People Powered Elections WA, Fix Democracy First

January 21, 2025 marked the 15th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling, a decision that opened the floodgates for unlimited corporate spending in elections. Since that ruling, super PACs and outside spending have skyrocketed and the voices of everyday voters have been drowned o...