Washington Environmental Council has endorsed two ballot measures this election. Remember to vote by November 5!

Vote NO on Initiative 976

Tim Eyman’s Initiative 976 would slash 4 billion dollars of funding from cities and counties across the state, repealing critical transportation funding, eliminating our ability to fix dangerous highways, retrofit bridges and overpasses, fund transit, build voter-approved projects, improve freight corridors, and invest in the Washington State Patrol.

Read more about I-976 and get involved here >>

APPROVE Initiative 1000/Referendum 88

Initiative 1000, which will appear on Washington’s 2019 November ballot under Referendum 88, is an important policy that will restore fairness for veterans, small business owners, women, and people of color seeking to succeed in public employment, contracting, and university admissions – without the use of caps or quotas.

The same forces that pollute our environment also prevent equitable access to public employment, contracting and university admissions. With the passage of Tim Eyman’s I-200 in 1998, Washington became one of only two states in the nation to explicitly ban outreach to historically marginalized communities to help determine outcomes in public education, contracting, and employment. Washington needs the talents of veterans, small business owners, women, and people of color to build solutions that create a clean, healthy environment, and everyone deserves to have access to those opportunities.

• According to the Washington’s Office of Women and Minority Business Enterprises, since the passage of I-200, state spending with certified minority and woman-owned businesses has dropped from 10% to 3%, resulting in a devastating $3.8 billion, 20-year loss of revenue.
• Since I-200 passed, diversity in Washington’s public university and college populations has declined in proportion to the population as a whole. The number of Black, Native-American, and Pacific Islander students enrolled in all four-year public universities has decreased statewide.

Read more about I-1000/R-88 here >>

Voting Resources

1. Make sure you are registered to vote and your voting address is up to date by logging into your official voter portal. Remember, you can update your voter information online until October 28th or in person up until election day on November 5th. 
2. Read about the candidates and issues on your ballot and fill it out entirely using black ink. Every race matters!
3. Put your ballot into the provided Security Pocket and sign the back of the envelope.
4. Put your ballot in the mail (no stamp needed!) or find a dropbox location near you by logging into your voter portal and clicking Voting Centers. If you vote by mail, make sure your ballot is postmarked by Nov. 5th.