WHY LOCAL ELECTIONS MATTER - S2E3
from Community is a Verb Hosted by Community is a Verb
Community is a Verb Season 2 Episode 3 WHY LOCAL ELECTIONS MATTER https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/editorials/seattle-and-sequim-show-why-local-elections-matter/ "Only 42.7% of King County voters turned out for the 2017 general election, which had dozens of local races on the ballot, including the county executive, sheriff, Seattle mayor and council seats. In contrast, the county’s voters showed up in droves — 85.9% turnout — for the high-profile presidential, congressional and legislative races in November." https://crosscut.com/opinion/2021/01/lessons-2021-seattles-first-black-mayor “People tend to make fun of Seattle process, which can be as slow as a banana slug on pavement. But Rice supports extensive civic engagement — he says he thinks every public college or university should have a Department of Civic Engagement devoted to keeping the public informed and involved, studying the ways “movements such as March for Our Lives or Black Lives Matter can move from marching to governing.” Activists, he says, are good at identifying problems; government’s task is to find answers.” https://www.sos.wa.gov/elections/dates-and-deadlines.aspx http://www.seattle.gov/democracyvoucher/program-data https://web6.seattle.gov/ethics/elections/campaigns.aspx?cycle=2021&type=contest&IDNum=188&leftmenu=collapsed
Embed this episode
No transcript yet.