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With activists across the nation, we’ve pushed back against the Trump agenda and taken back the House. Now, we want to keep up the good work. We’ve set our goal to raise $500 this month for upcoming actions… AND Indivisible National has offered to match this goal, dollar for dollar — but only for support we receive in April!
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Action Alerts!
Top Priority!
Felony Rights Restoration – Notifications
SB 5207 – Concerning notification of felony voting rights and restoration: One of the most persistent hurdles to re- enfranchisement of ex-prisoners is that oftentimes they don’t realize that their voting rights have been restored.
People are so used to the idea that this country disenfranchises you for life if you go to jail, that they don’t even bother trying to vote again once they’ve served their sentences. This bill would direct the Department of Corrections to let prisoners know that their voting rights are restored and instruct them how to register to vote, prior to the end of their sentences. This would close a huge gap in the prisoner-to-citizen pipeline in our state.
Currently this bill is on the House floor calendar for a second reading. It needs your support to come up for debate and a vote.
ACTION: Go to https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=5207&Year=2019&Initiative=false and click the Comment box. Then comment. Also, call each of your local Reps and ask them to support getting the bill to the floor and done.
Today (Thursday 4.11.2019)
Gun Violence Prevention
Machine printed plastic firearms are extremely dangerous and undetectable! SHB 1739 Concerning firearms that are undetectable or untraceable.
House Substitute bill #1739 has passed the House, is in the Senate and was referred to Senate Committee Law and Justice on March 6th.
ACTION: Contact the Senate Rules Committee and ask them “Please support SHB 1739 Concerning firearms that are undetectable or untraceable and move this bill forward to a vote.
Talking Points:
- Machine printed plastic firearms have no legitimate purpose in self-defense, sport shooting or hunting.
- Machine printed plastic guns can be carried undetected aboard airplanes, into courtrooms and into school classrooms.
- Machine printed plastic firearms are dangerous and without Constitutional protections.
Chair Lt. Governor Cyrus Habib (360) 786-7700 Vice Chair Senator Karen Keiser (360) 786-7664 Ranking Senator Mark Schoesler (360) 786-7620
Senate Rules email: ltgov@ltgov.wa.gov, Karen.Keiser@leg.wa.gov, mark.schoesler@leg.wa.gov
Friday (4.12.2019)
Reform Washington State’s Regressive Tax Code
Background: We have an upside-down tax code that forces the poorest among us pay the largest share of their wages in sales tax, people are seeing their property taxes skyrocket, and businesses are cutting deep into their margins to pay their tax bills.
Extraordinary Profits Tax – A targeted 9.9 percent excise tax that only applies to the extraordinary profits made on a sale of very high-value assets like stocks and bonds. The profits that are under $200,000 for couples and
$100,000 for single-filers will be TOTALLY exempt. Retirement accounts; single-family, duplex, and triplex homes; most agricultural and farm-related sales; and certain qualifying small businesses are also 100 percent exempt.
ACTION: Contact your State representatives and ask that they vote in favor of more progressive revenue changes in the budget. Support of constituents for legislators taking these actions is imperative to offset the special interest lobbying in favor of keeping the more regressive system in place.
Progressive Revenue Talking Points:
- The Extraordinary Profits tax, formerly called the Capital Gains tax
- Making the REET Real Estate Excise Tax slightly progressive
- Funding for Working Families Tax Credit
- Reducing the B&O tax on small businesses
- Increasing the B&O tax increase on high end service businesses like lawyers, architects and accountants
- Keeping the Rainy-Day Fund intact
Sample script: Please be sure that the Capital Gains Tax, progressive REET, and closure of certain preferential tax rates are included in the final budget to increase fairness in the tax structure and to fund essential services for Washington State residents.
Upcoming Events
Ancestral Waters
A fight for treaty rights, water, and way of life.
A film screening hosted by the Native Daily Network
Ancestral Waters is a story of the Puyallup Tribes fight for their treaty, their water and their way of life. We have stood at the side of tribal members fighting a Liquefied Natural Gas plant that violates their treaty. Ancestral Waters is their story.
Wednesday, April 17, 2019 at 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Evergreen Tacoma, Lyceum Hall, 1210 6th Ave, Tacoma, WA 98405
For more information http://www.nativedailynetwork.com/ancestral-waters/
Our Next General Meeting
Voter Registration 2.0: New technology, New Laws! With Julie Anderson, Pierce County Auditor
Learn about how Washington State’s new voting laws will affect the 2020 election and beyond.
