This is a pretty exciting year to be working on those local campaigns. Seattle has 4/7 School Board positions open. Seattle will be having elections for City Council, by district, for the 'first' time. I live in North Seattle on 130th by Meridian, a few blocks above Haller Lake.
I will at least do sign waving Rah-Rah for local candidates I LIKE / CARE ABOUT. I'm willing to try to organize sign waving Rah-Rah for candidates I like / care about, and I'm willing to help people who want to organize other things (phone banking, doorbelling... whatever floats your boat) for candidates I like / care about.
TABLE OF CONTENTS, details below-the-squiggly
WASHINGTON STATE ELECTION CALENDAR
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT MAP
SEATTLE SCHOOL BOARD DISTRICT MAP
LINKS TO KING COUNTY (Seattle) LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS
A BRIEF COMMENT ABOUT WHAT I WON'T DO
WASHINGTON STATE ELECTION CALENDAR
Fri. 15 May 2015
Candidate Filing Deadline
Wed. 15 July 2015
Ballots typically go in the mail about 3 weeks before the election.
Tues. 4 Aug 2015
Primary Day - Ballots must be postmarked by this date.
Wed. 14 Oct. 2015
Ballots typically go in the mail about 3 weeks before the election.
Tues. 3 Nov. 2015
Election Day - Ballots must be postmarked by this date.
Elections Calendar 2015 - WA. Secretary of State
NOTE - this is my interpretation of the calendar. I think I'm correct ... ;)
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT MAP
I live in District 5. There will either be a candidate I'm willing to support, or, there won't be.
Seattle City Council District Map
SEATTLE SCHOOL BOARD DISTRICT MAP
I live in District 1. Districts 1, 2, 3 and 6 are up for election. There will either be a candidate I'm willing to support, or there won't be.
Seattle Public Schools, Seattle School Board - see the link "Map of the seven Director districts"
Seattle School Board
LINKS TO KING COUNTY (Seattle) LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS
The following link will bring you do a legislative district map from King County Democrats. IF you REALLY REALLY want to help a candidate, go to your Legislative District (L.D.) Democratic Party Organization for your L.D. and get involved in its endorsement processes.
Legislative Districts - King County
A BRIEF COMMENT ABOUT WHAT I WON'T DO
I've worked as a high school math teacher in Seattle for almost 10 years. I've done Democratic candidate campaign grunt stuff for decades. I've been teacher union 'active' for about 6 years. I'm NOT going to be 1 of those commit-to-everything-do-little-or-nothing-I'm-In-Charge-Here campaign blowhards. Period.
Bring me 1 kilo ton of 100 dollar bills, and I'll do what you want.
CAESAR: Let me have men about me that are fat;
Sleek-headed men and such as sleep o' nights:
Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look;
He thinks too much: such men are dangerous.