"Eastpointe" Film Screening & Panel Discussion

View Eastpointe trailer here.

Thank you to everyone who registered/attended the film screening and panel discussion for Eastpointe! If you were unable to attend, wish to share the event, or want to view it again, see below for the links to the Zoom recordings, as well as links shared in the chat.

We want to give a huge shout out and thank you to all our panelists for their involvement and stories shared!

• Grace McNally, Film's Director‍
• Pastor Albert Rush, Pastor of Eastpointe Immanuel United Methodist Church, featured in the film‍
• Susan Soto Palmer, Yakima WA Voting Rights Act case plaintiff
• ‍Colin Cole, More Equitable Democracy Policy Director
  

Also, thank you to our co-sponsors. These organizations are also actively working on ranked choice voting and proportional representation here in Washington State. Please visit their websites for more information.

• Fix Democracy First ‍
• FairVote Washington
• More Equitable Democracy
  

I wanted to also let you know I made an error in answering one of the questions related to possible reasons the Massachusetts initiative for ranked choice voting did not win in the 2020 election. I said it might have had to do with money from the opposition, which was incorrect. It was actually the opposite. News coverage following the election reported the proponents raised and spent over $10 million compared to the opponents -- who were barely visible in the campaign and spent less than $10,000. One reason suggested was possibly poor messaging.

Zoom recordings:

• Gallery View
• Speaker View‍

Chat Links & Info:

• View Eastpointe in its entirety here -  https://vimeo.com/440150277
• WA State Local Options Bill HB 1156 - https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=1156&Year=2021&Initiative=False
• Consecutive view on RCV - http://bit.ly/Ben_Shapirro_RCV
• RANKED CHOICE VOTING defined - "If the election concludes without any candidate attaining at least 50 percent, the one with the least number of votes is eliminated, and those ballots are redistributed to the remaining candidates based on voters' second choice. The process of elimination continues until one candidate has broken through the majority threshold." --- Written by Emily Cochrane, New York Times, Nov. 2 page A23 in article "New Voting System Could Cost Collins".
• iCivics - Free Lesson Plans and Games for Learning Civics - www.icivics.org
• The NPR Program had an excellent discussion about RCV - https://the1a.org/segments/the-future-and-feasibility-of-ranked-choice-voting/
• Atlantic article on RCV - "The Political-Reform Movement Scores Its Biggest Win Yet" -  https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/01/congress-reform-ranked-choice-voting/617821/