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June 18, 2008; Updated: June 19, 2008
Initiative 26, partisan alternative head to ballot
The King County Council placed an alternative to Initiative 26, alongside the initiative on the August primary ballot. Initiative 26 was signed by more than 80,000 King County voters last winter and, if approved, will make the offices of King County executive, council and assessor nonpartisan.The alternative measure purports to make the same offices “nonpartisan,” but instead changes the fundamental nature of nonpartisan elections to include party affiliation next to a candidate’s name on the ballot. Under the alternative, elections for these “nonpartisan” offices are identical to elections for partisan offices.
April 23, 2008; Updated: June 02, 2008
Nonpartisan initiative moving ahead
Joe Fain, chair of Citizens for Independent Government, recently submitted more than 80,000 signatures to the King County Clerk to place Initiative 26 before voters.
June 18, 2008; Updated: June 19, 2008
Initiative 26, partisan alternative head to ballot
The King County Council placed an alternative to Initiative 26, alongside the initiative on the August primary ballot.Initiative 26 was signed by more than 80,000 King County voters last winter and, if approved, will make the offices of King County executive, council and assessor nonpartisan.
May 21, 2008; Updated: June 02, 2008
Certified Initiative 26 heading to the ballot
Initiative appears to have enough voter's signatures in charter push
Organizers of an effort to convert elected officeholders in King Countys government to non-partisan say they're getting closer to their goal. Joe Fain, chairman of Citizens for Independent Government, submitted more than 80,000 signatures of registered voters on petitions last week to the county clerk in the first major step toward placing Initiative 26 before voters.
April 09, 2008; Updated: June 02, 2008
Call for non-partisan county officeholders has support
Organizers of an effort to convert elected officeholders in King Countys government to non-partisan say theyre getting closer to their goal.
Joe Fain, chairman of Citizens for Independent Government, submitted more than 80,000 signatures of registered voters on petitions last week to the county clerk in the first major step toward placing Initiative 26 before voters.
March 28th, 2008; Updated: April 26th, 2008
Politics pepper non-partisan government
By Bob Roegner, Inside Politics All of you who are Democrats, raise your hand. OK, now all of you who are Republicans, raise your hand. How many of you are independent and would like to vote for candidates from both parties depending on your view of who makes the best candidate? This question was posed at a breakfast meeting recently where the primary audience was business leaders who might typically be considered Republicans, and conservative ones at that.
Friday, March 14th 2008
Preserve voter independence, sign I-26, not a party oath
Whether on the Eastside or in downtown Seattle, many voters expressed anger when they were forced to sign a partisan oath or attend a partisan caucus in order for their views to matter in last month’s election...
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Tuesday, March 11th 2008
Politics pepper non-partisan government
Most voters feel distant enough from state and federal government that having a partisan label is helpful in identifying a political philosophy of the candidates. However, local government city councils and mayors run as non-partisan. King County is considered local government, although it handles regional issues...
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Monday, December 31st 2007
No more party politics?
A citizens' group is trying to get a measure on the ballot that would strip away party labels from King County elected officials in an effort to remove party politics from county business...
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Friday, December 14th 2007
Nonpartisan: An idea whose time has come
King County Councilman Pete Von Reichbauer has proposed making all elected county offices non-partisan.
It's a good idea.
County officials should work for people, not for political parties...
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Friday, December 7th 2007
Von Reichbauer favors nonpartisan county elections
Pete von Reichbauer, a Republican who was once a Democrat, doesn't want to wear either party's label when he runs for re-election to the Metropolitan King County Council...
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Friday, December 7th 2007
A move to change partisan offices
Imagine the King County executive, arguably the most powerful local political office in the state, being non-partisan. And the King County Council, arguably the most partisan local government body in the state, likewise being non-partisan, as city councils and school boards are...
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