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This past weekend, our state delegation was in Spokane attending various caucuses and working through our platform and resolutions. The results of the weekend will be shared at our LD meeting this coming Thursday.
A major highlight of the weekend was seeing one of our own receive a state award. Specifically, Shannon Turner was given the state Black Leadership award – CONGRATS, Shannon!
This coming Saturday, June 27 is our annual summer event for food, fun and schmoozing. The food will feature a BBQ plus side dishes and desserts from our LD members. Please include some veggies in the side dishes as the BBQ takes care of the meat. You are guaranteed to not leave hungry .
Any candidates and elected officials who wish to share a few words with the crowd are welcome. The gathering starts at 11 am and ends at 2 pm.
Our LD will be starting its endorsement process soon. Our endorsement will focus on our local positions initially. Endorsement questionnaires will be sent to candidates. These will then be reviewed by the LD E-Board for recommendation to the LD. The LD will be able to vote on whether to endorse or approve any of the candidates. In accordance with our bylaws, if there are two or more qualified Democratic candidates then only an approval can be given, not an endorsement.
The primary is Tuesday, August 4 with ballots mailed by July 17. Our state allows people to register to vote and vote on Election Day so if you haven’t become a registered voter, you can do so now, either online or in person. The General Election is November 3 and ballots are mailed by October 16. Please contact our county’s auditor’s office with any questions you have about voting. They are a group of very helpful people!
This is an important election year for our state judiciary. With thanks to Luke Garrett, here is a link for folks to check out who is running and inform themselves on the candidates: https://washingtonsupremecourt.org.
We are heading into the beginning of our election season and we need to get ourselves ready and focused on what we can do to make sure our Democratic candidates get elected. While the 23rd is considered a strong Democratic LD, we cannot take that for granted. It is our hard work that keeps it that way.
It also means we can share that power with our fellow LDs like the 26th and 35th who would love help to turn their areas solid blue as well. So, please consider doing work in our neighboring LDs along with supporting ours.
Have a good rest of your week,
Val
Reminder:
Please bring donations of food and money to our next LD meeting on June 25. We will be continuing to do this at our meetings. Our neighbors and food banks need our help to provide for themselves and others.
See you on Thursday, June 25 at the Poulsbo downstairs meeting room. The schmoozing starts at 6:30 pm with the meeting starting at 7:00 pm. Yes, there will be pizza
Val
Chair, 23rd LD Democrats
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