Democracy Happy Hour – June 23, 2021

Democracy Happy Hour, June 23, 2021 - Meeting Recordings & Chat:

• Speaker View Recording

• Gallery View Recording

• Chat (Link to download the file)

Actions, Events & Misc. Links:

• Interactive Map Reveals Which Indigenous Lands You’re Living On - https://mymodernmet.com/interactive-map-indigenous-lands/ - Native Land - https://native-land.ca/

• Next Week’s Democracy Happy Hour:

• 06/30/21 – Special Guest: Nick Licata

• The Filibuster and Civil Rights: What to do about this Jim Crow Era relic - https://www.mobilize.us/dfadcoalition/event/397483/?fbclid=IwAR243gAwMAhk1DEMtqxRULHDenMuIHMe-u3h2k_tUFI2Ku9gS1iEoDkl-sg

• ‘Invisible Hand: Rights of Nature’ - Screening & Panel Discussion – June 27th @ 5 pm – Register @ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_G2AK_2dhQOOvHKG2BONrfw

• WA Redistricting Links & Listening Sessions:

• WA State Redistricting Commission - https://www.redistricting.wa.gov/
• Redistricting Justice for WA - https://www.redistrictingjusticewa.org/
• 9th CD Public Hearing – Saturday, June 26th @ 10 am –

• Register to testify:

• https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfdIk3YIJ-Mm1P8nvkLwJ-QwuS33pju7m2YqEi85ymEVcUiWw/viewform
• https://www.redistricting.wa.gov/district/9

• For the People Act/John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act – ACTIONS & EVENTS

• Deadline for Democracy – June 28th – July 10th - https://deadlinefordemocracy.org/?source=fixdemocracyfirst&s=0

• BECU People Helping People Awards – Nominate Fix Democracy First Education Fund - The EIN is 26-1499049. - https://www.becu.org/members-matter/community-involvement/people-helping-people

• DONATE to Fix Democracy First - https://www.fixdemocracyfirst.org/donate

Democracy in the News Links:

• Juneteenth holiday marking the end of slavery becomes law after decades of inaction - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/juneteenth-holiday-marking-the-end-of-slavery-becomes-law-after-decades-of-inaction/2021/06/17/b3d5dba4-cf89-11eb-a7f1-52b8870bef7c_story.html
• Senate panel discusses legislation on statehood for Washington, D.C. - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/22/us/washington-dc-statehood.html
• Senate Republicans block debate on elections bill, dealing blow to Democrats’ voting rights push - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/senate-voting-rights-bill/2021/06/22/d63f6a46-d35a-11eb-ae54-515e2f63d37d_story.html
• McConnell vows to block voting legislation, spurning Manchin’s compromise offer - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/voting-manchin-abrams/2021/06/17/986b984c-cf82-11eb-8014-2f3926ca24d9_story.html
• Manchin’s Voting Compromise Memo: https://www.politico.com/f/?id=0000017a-15e9-d33b-a37f-1defe4c70000
• Democrats signal a shift toward accepting voter ID laws - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/democrats-voter-id/2021/06/22/0cd24d54-d36e-11eb-ae54-515e2f63d37d_story.html
• How the federal government could promote voting access without HR 1 - https://thefulcrum.us/big-picture/federal-government-voting-access
• Texas G.O.P. to Renew Voting Push as Abbott Calls Special Session - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/22/us/politics/texas-voting-law-abbott-legislature.html
• Georgia officials seek to remove 102,000 voters from rolls - https://apnews.com/article/ga-state-wire-georgia-election-2020-voter-registration-business-a916e90db938aa60a4eff3d00d391006
• The Arizona election 'audit' is a partisan and amateurish endeavor that 'should not be trusted,' expert review finds - https://www.businessinsider.com/arizona-election-audit-should-not-be-trusted-expert-review-finds-2021-6
• How Republican States Are Expanding Their Power Over Elections - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/19/us/politics/republican-states.html
• Election Officials Under Attack - https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/policy-solutions/election-officials-under-attack
• 4 in 5 Trump voters are dissatisfied with how democracy is going, which seems bad - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/06/16/4-in-5-trump-voters-are-dissatisfied-with-how-democracy-is-going-which-seems-bad/
• States across the country are dropping barriers to voting, widening a stark geographic divide in ballot access - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/voting-rights-expansion-states/2021/06/22/1699a6b0-cf87-11eb-8014-2f3926ca24d9_story.html
• A Tale of Two Democracies: How the 2021 Wave of State Voting Laws Created a New American Fault Line - https://votingrightslab.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Voting-Rights-Lab-A-Tale-of-Two-Democracies.pdf
• Same Day Registration: How Registration Reform Can Boost Turnout Among Black and Latinx Voters - https://www.demos.org/policy-briefs/same-day-registration-how-registration-reform-can-boost-turnout-among-black-and
• Over 100 Anti-Protest Bills Have Been Introduced Since George Floyd Rebellion - https://truthout.org/articles/over-100-anti-protest-bills-have-been-introduced-since-george-floyd-rebellion/
• Online Deception is Blocking Black Americans’ Full Participation in Our Democracy - https://decode.org/news/online-deception-is-blocking-black-americans-full-participation-in-our-democracy/
• Senate Kills Effort To Repeal IRS Dark Money Rule - https://www.law360.com/tax-authority/articles/1396437/senate-kills-effort-to-repeal-irs-dark-money-rule-
• Publicly-Funded Weapons Companies Donate to Election Objectors - https://thebrick.house/publicly-funded-weapons-companies-donate-to-election-objectors/
• Dark money groups battle bipartisan efforts to limit big-tech - https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2021/06/dark-money-groups-battle-efforts-to-limit-big-tech/
• Top adviser to Dem megadonor privately blasts party’s prioritization of voting rights bill - https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/22/democratic-megadonor-adviser-blasts-voting-rights-bill-495519
• Google to pay Washington state $400,000 to settle campaign finance lawsuit - https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/google-to-pay-washington-state-400000-to-settle-campaign-finance-lawsuit/

Ranked Choice Voting Links:

• How Ranked-Choice Voting Can (Partially) Fix Democracy - https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/ranked-choice-voting-democracy-1185141/‍
• How ranked-choice voting could change the way democracy works - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2021/ranked-choice-voting-guide/
• Other countries use ranked-choice voting. Has its moment in the U.S. arrived? - https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/06/23/ranked-choice-voting-global/‍
• Here’s How New Yorkers Feel About Ranked-Choice Voting - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/21/nyregion/nyc-voters-ranked-choice.html‍
• New York Primary Election Results - https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/06/22/us/elections/results-nyc-mayor-primary.html‍
• New FairVote report finds underrepresented groups benefit from RCV - https://www.uniteamerica.org/news-article/new-fairvote-report-bipoc-rcv‍
• Universal RCV Tabulator - https://www.rcvresources.org/rcv-universal-tabulator‍
• Mock RCV pizza poll: https://gothamist.com/food/pepperoni-dominates-nycs-ranked-choice-pizza-topping-vote‍
• King County weighs ranked-choice voting. Here’s what that means. - https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/king-county-weighs-ranked-choice-voting-heres-what-that-means/‍
• Why King County Needs Ranked-Choice Voting - https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2021/06/15/58244912/why-king-county-needs-ranked-choice-voting‍
• King County to consider ranked-choice voting - https://www.king5.com/article/news/politics/king-county-to-consider-ranked-choice-voting/281-99ac30e8-0fa5-42ce-909d-c8832ad20354‍
• King County to explore giving voters more options with push for ranked-choice ballots - https://mynorthwest.com/2986470/king-county-explore-ranked-choice-voting-girmay-zahilay/‍
• Let's put Ranked-Choice Voting on the Ballot in King County – Contact Your Councilmember - https://secure.everyaction.com/wekTMOyBRke6KZLoCoAndw2?ms=fdf‍
• CV candidate recognition survey! https://fairvotewa.org/candidate-recognition/‍
• FairVote Washington - https://fairvotewa.org/‍
• FairVote National - https://www.fairvote.org/