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It’s a homerun! Online voter registration, that is

It’s a homerun! Online voter registration, that is

A new report from the independent Pew Center for the States gives top marks to online voter registration in Washington and Arizona, the states that pioneered the service that is now catching on in other states, including Oregon, California and Colorado. It’s an easy and secure click-on system – all an eligible voter needs is a valid driver’s license to get started.  State Election Director Nick Handy, whose team has been sharing startup information with other states, says Washington residents…

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Stalking the wily young voter

Stalking the wily young voter

A new report on Washington’s efforts to promote voting by 18 year olds concludes that  outreach efforts help, but carry a price tag and aren’t a silver bullet for engaging youth. The report is from the non-profit project called the Pew Center on the States’ Election Initiatives. Researchers worked with the state Elections Division and the Social and Economic Sciences Research Center at Washington State University.  Researchers tracked the state’s 2008 pilot project to encourage young people to register as they…

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Gregoire: Future budget woes could be even worse

Gregoire: Future budget woes could be even worse

Governor Gregoire, looking south to budget woes in California and Oregon, takes some solace that she and the Legislature balanced a new two-year state budget without general new taxes and without major warfare in Oly or at the ballot-box.  But Stateline.org, the online news service of the Pew Center on the States, quotes Gregoire as saying “what keeps me up at night” is worrying about the NEXT budget train-wreck. As The Olympian’s Brad Shannon points out, Gregoire says she can’t breathe easy, just thinking about balancing a 2011-13 budget without…

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