It seems at though Washington was serious about increasing civic engagement for those impacted by incarceration throughout the state. At the very beginning of this year two voting rights bills were introduced, SB 5076 was introduced by Senator Patty Kuderer. The bill would restore voting rights to over 90,000 individuals on community custody. It quickly […]
As I fill out my the ballot that was mailed to me last week, I think about two huge facets of voting that hinder our participating as a community. The first, a large complaint in many states, is access. Washington state mails ballots to all registered voters. The ballot has a return envelope and there […]