District 4 Candidate Forum Video
You can now find the complete recording of our Seattle City Council District 4 Candidate Forum on our YouTube channel. Click here to watch it!
Endorsements Questionnaires Now Available
All of the endorsement questionnaires we received from candidates are now publicly available in our Google Drive folder. Click here to access them. (a Google account is NOT required) We will be voting on endorsements at our June general meeting, at Kane Hall on the University of Washington campus. Hope to see you there!
You can learn more about our endorsements process on our Endorsements page.
June General Meeting and Primary Endorsements
Please join us for our 2019 primary endorsements meeting on June 18th, 2019!
Our monthly meeting for June will take place on June 18th, 2019 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM, at Kane Hall on the University of Washington campus. Please see the event on our calendar for more information.
Agenda
Primary Endorsements
Remaining agenda to be determined
Seattle City Council District 3 Candidate Forum
You’re invited to our OFFICIAL District 3 City Council forum! ✨
The 43rd District Dems would like to cordially invite you to our OFFICIAL District 3 City Council forum! ✨
Please register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/district-3-city-council-forum-tickets-61059949954
We’ll be asking candidates about their plans to address District 3’s most pressing issues including housing affordability, homelessness, and transportation.
Candidates confirmed attending:
Kshama Sawant
Logan Bowers
Egan Orion
Ami Nguyen
Pat Murakami
Asukaa Jaxx
Zachary DeWolf
May General Meeting - Ballots & Bubbly! 🥂
Please join us at our next general meeting on May 21st, 2019!
Our monthly meeting for May will be our annual Ballots & Bubbly event, taking place on May 21st, 2019 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM, at The Riveter. Please RSVP to the event on Facebook for more information!
The 43rd District Democrats are proud to bring you our annual Ballots and Bubbly event! ✨🥂
Come meet candidates running for office, indulge in some bubbles (both alcoholic and non-alcoholic), and show your support for your favorite candidates by voting in our annual straw poll!
We're asking for a $20 suggested donation to fuel the grassroots work of the 43rd Dems, but any donation amount is welcome. 😉
A big thank you to our generous sponsors:
Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal
Congressman Adam Smith
Representative Frank Chopp
Representative Nicole Macri
Seattle Port Commissioner Fred Felleman
King County Council Member Jeanne Kohl-Welles
King County Assessor John Wilson
Zachary & Derek DeWolf
Cathy Tuttle
Annabelle and Lara Backman
Michael George
Chandra N. Hampson
Joshua Newman & Emily Anderson
Tara Gallagher
Scott & Samantha Alspach
If you’re interested in helping to fund the important work of the 43rd as a Ballots and Bubbly sponsor please find more information here.
April General Meeting
Please join us at our next general meeting on April 16th, 2019!
Our next meeting will take place on April 16th, 2019 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM, at 6615 Dayton Ave N. at the Phinney Neighborhood Association, lower building. We will be voting on endorsement rules for this year’s elections and holding a Districts 2 and 4 KC Council Candidate Forum.
Please see the event on our calendar for more information.
Meeting Items
March General Meeting
Please join us at our next general meeting on March 19th, 2019!
Our next meeting will take place on March 19th, 2019 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM at 6615 Dayton Ave N. at the Phinney Neighborhood Association, lower building. Come out to learn about the caucus vs primary decision and provide your feedback to our state committee members! Please see the event on our calendar for more information.
ACTION ITEMS FOR MARCH MEETING
Bylaws Committee Recommendation!
The Bylaws Committee recommendation is complete! Find it on the Bylaws & Rules page.
The Rules & Bylaws Committee has completed our work, and I am here to present a bylaws amendment proposal that the Committee recommends for adoption at our February General Meeting. The proposal is presented as a revised Bylaws document, and is available in both plain and annotated formats. We have also produced an Explanation of Changes and FAQ.
You may find additional information on the 43rd District Democrats' Bylaws & Rules page. Over the next few days we will be kicking off discussion threads on the unofficial 43rd District Democrats Forum Facebook group, and will be holding a webinar session to walk through the major changes and answer questions (date and time TBD).
As always, feel free to submit any questions, comments, or feedback you have to bylaws@43rddemocrats.org.
February General Meeting 💘
Please join us at our next general meeting on February 19th, 2019!
Our next meeting will take place on February 19th, 2019 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM at 6615 Dayton Ave N. at the Phinney Neighborhood Association, lower building. Please the event on our calendar for more information.
Bylaws Proposal Draft Published!
Find our latest draft and explanation of changes on the Bylaws page!
The Rules and Bylaws Committee has published an early draft of our proposal. Please note that since this has not yet been voted on by the committee, this draft should not be considered to be a recommendation by the committee. However, it does represent the direction we’re going, and any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
You can find links to this as well as an Explanation of Changes and FAQ on the updated Bylaws & Rules page.
You may notice that these changes haven’t been pushed into GitHub. The reason for this is that the git/GitHib/LaTeX setup did not work as well as I’d hoped, and significant work was still required to mark up the documents so that members could easily identify changes. Given this, and given that LaTeX is not well suited to this task, I’ve begun maintaining our proposal as a Microsoft Word document, publishing both it and a PDF version. We’d appreciate feedback on this presentation of the changes. Is it usable? Is it confusing? Let us know at bylaws@43rddocuments.org.