46th District Democrats meet this evening

The 46th District Democrats are conducting General Election Endorsements at their meeting Thursday, August 16. The meeting is at Aljoya Thorton Place, 450 NE 100th St, Seattle, 7pm meet and greet, 7:30pm meeting.

Any candidate who received our endorsement in the Primary and made it through to the General election retains our endorsement for the General election. Therefore, only two candidate races will be considered for endorsement Thursday - WA Supreme Court Position 9 and (maybe) State Auditor.

Ten ballot measures will be reviewed at the meeting.

State Ballot Measures

All of the non-advisory state ballot measures have descriptions, the text of the ballot measure, and Pro/Con voter guide statements are available.

• ESJR 8221 - State Debt Amendment
• SJR 8223 - Allowing University Investments
• I-502 - Concerning Marijuana
• R-74 - Approving Same-Sex Marriages 
• I-1240 - Public Funding of Charter Schools
• I-1185 - State Tax & Fee Increases 

This link contains information on each of these measures. When you click the link, you will go to the WA State Secretary of State's page. Clicking on the measure name in the blue box on that page opens additional information:

There are two "advisory" ballot items on the November Ballot:

• ESSB 6635 - B&O Tax changes for banks
• ESSB 2590 - Tax changes on certain petroleum businesses