Please take a few minutes to OPPOSE this bill by Tuesday, January 19, 7 am! As of today, January 16, 435 people have signed in favor of this terrible bill, and only 22 have registered their opposition. We must turn these numbers around! You may also sign up to testify, either via zoom or in written form, by 7 am, Tuesday January 19. Testifying is considered more important than just stating your viewpoint. Links below.
NAME/NUMBER OF BILL: SB 5584 Increasing representation and voter participation in local elections.
At the very least, click HERE to state your OPPOSITION. This link will take you to a Committee Sign In page. This will not sign you up to testify.
On the pull down menu, enter your position as CON.
Put in your first name, last name and email address.
You are not required to write in anything under "Organization," unless you are testifying on behalf of a group.
Putting in your address is optional, but you must include your city, state, zip and phone number.
Click the box to prove you're not a robot, then "Submit Registration." And you're done.
PASS THIS POST ON TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW WHO IS LIKE MINDED: FRIENDS, FAMILY, NEIGHBORS.
GET YOUR FRIENDS' AND RELATIVES' PERMISSION AND RECORD THEIR POSITION AS WELL. YOU ARE NOT LIMITED TO ONE COMMENT PER EMAIL ADDRESS!
If you can submit written testimony or testify via zoom, that carries more weight. You must sign up by 7 am January 19 to testify with the committee when it meets at 8 am.
Sign in to submit written testimony HERE. Enter your position (CON), First and Last Name, email address, city, state, zip and phone number. Then enter your written testimony, and click the box to show you are not a robot. Then Submit your Registration. You may use the paragraph below or write your own statement.
Even better, sign up to testify remotely by zoom HERE. Enter your position (CON), No to testifying as a panel, enter your First and Last Name, email address, city, state, zip and phone number. Click that you are not a robot and Submit Registration.
Written statement: The title of this bill is misleading. It "seeks to increase representation and voter participation in local elections." What it really does is put ranked choice voting into place. This type of election sytem violates the "one ballot, one vote" concept. A voter would receive multiple ballots, choose people on each of the ballots and then a computer algorithm would figure out top choices. We don't need more computers deciding our elections! This is a confusing election system, it is more costly, more complicated and would require more manpower to accomplish. The person with the most votes could actually lose an election. A person's vote could be wasted if that voter chooses someone who is not in the final two.
Bill Sponsors: Trudeau, Nobles, Das, Dhingra, Frockt, Kuderer, Liias, Lovelett, Nguyen, Pedersen, Randall, Stanford, Wilson, C.
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