28TH LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT DEMOCRATS OF WASHINGTON
 

Cities and Towns of Legislative District 28 including Tacoma, University Place, Fircrest, Lakewood, JBLM, Steilacoom, Tillicum, Harstine Island, Anderson Island, Spanaway, and DuPont.

 

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    • Input on formulating Democratic Party policy within LD

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    • NOT salaries! We are all volunteers.

  • Sign up below! You are not required to pay, but the recommended donation for a single membership is $25.

 

Join Our Meetings

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Join Our Meetings |

……where we all get together and discuss different matters of our district.

When: First Thursday of the month.
Time: 6:30 pm
Location: Currently all meetings are held virtually via the Zoom app.

 
 
 

Volunteer

Volunteering provides an opportunity to fulfill your civic duty by actively participating in the democratic process. This involvement strengthens democracy and encourages others to engage. Please fill this out the below in order to be involved! Welcome to the 28th!

 

 VOTE! VOTE! VOTE!

The simplest way to make a big difference.

Check your registration status or register to vote here

With rare exceptions, American citizens over the age of 18 are entitled to vote in federal and state elections.  (In 1971, the American voting age was lowered to 18 under the premise that a person old enough to serve their country in the military should be allowed to vote.)  Women were allowed to vote in 1920 thanks to results of the women’s suffrage movement which resulted in the 19th Amendment. 

Black men were allowed to vote in 1869 thanks to the 15th Amendment but there were so many imposed roadblocks that it took the passing of the 24th Amendment in 1964 (ended the Poll Tax https://americanhistory.si.edu/democracy-exhibition/vote-voice/keeping-vote/state-rules-federal-rules/poll-taxes) and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (ended Jim Crow Laws https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/freedom-riders-jim-crow-laws/) to remove measures which discouraged Black people from exercising their voting rights.

So, although the Constitution granted voting rights once it became operational in 1789, the struggle for voting right for many continued well into the 20th century!

I am only one vote, why does it matter?

·         2000 – 537 votes determined the outcome of a tightly contested election.  (Bush vs. Gore)

·         2016 – voters in key districts in 3 swing states yielded a victory for Donald Trump.  (Trump vs. Clinton)

Okay.  We all agree that the above examples are rare.  But, close races in local elections do occur and these races matter in their impact to you.  Generally, these races have a much lower turnout than presidential elections and are decided by a much smaller group of voters.

There are also local and state elections to consider. While presidential or other national elections usually get a significant voter turnout, local elections are typically decided by a much smaller group of voters.  This makes a single vote statistically meaningful.  When turnout is low, local issues important to you are thus decided by a small group of voters and you may not like the results!