For the week of August 3, 2026

🎙️Aug 3, 2026 Weekly Actions Audio – available for when you’re on the go

🔷 Primary Election Day is TOMORROW, Aug 4!! If you haven’t returned your ballot yet, please drop it in one of the 91 Ballot Drop Boxes that we have in King County. Scroll down for more and take action!

🔷 Kirkland’s Pursuit Church hosted the Turning Point USA event featuring Erika Kirk 10 days ago, and we can now expand a bit on our role. Knowing that one of the goals of such an event is to generate outrage so the church can make the news, Indivisible Eastside made the decision not to join the protest. After posting that to our social media, we received plenty of support but also some criticism and false claims about our role. What we were not able to share at the time was that we were directly supporting another non-publicized event the same evening at a different church in Kirkland. This counter-event aimed to educate attendees about No Hate in WA State, the campaign to defeat two ballot measures that target transgender students (I-001 & I-638). To learn more about all that evening’s events, please read this article. As one of the organizers of the People of Faith for No Hate event said, “How do you make your voice known in a way that is meaningful, but doesn’t just draw more attention to something that is damaging?”

🔷 Bloodworks Northwest is in Code Red because local blood supply has hit emergency low levels. Patient need is outpacing donations, and Bloodworks NW urgently needs 1,000 donors every day. If you’re feeling healthy—especially if you’re Type O or a platelet donor—please book your appointment now at a Bloodworks donor center or mobile drive. Same-day appointments and walk-ins welcome. Schedule a donation, bring a friend, save a life!

🔷 Seattle’s Museum of History & Industry (MOHAI) is one of only eight venues nationwide to host the Freedom Plane National Tour: Documents That Forged a Nation—a landmark exhibit from the National Archives created in celebration of the nation’s 250th anniversary this summer. Featured documents include an original engraving of the Declaration of Independence (1823), the Secret Printing of the Constitution in Draft Form (1787), the Treaty of Paris, and the Bill of Rights. Timed tickets are free but going fast!

Weekly Actions

✊ Action 1 – Ask Your DNC Members to Stop the Ban on Ranked Choice Voting for 2028 Presidential Primaries

from FairVote Washington

Join FairVote Washington and our national partners in calling on the Democratic National Committee to stop the ban on ranked choice voting (RCV) in presidential primaries.

In June, the Democratic National Committee’s rules panel quietly added language to the 2028 delegate selection rules that bans state parties from using ranked choice voting in their own presidential nominating processes.

Washington state isn’t one of the 12 states using RCV in our presidential primaries (yet), and that is stifling our state’s voting outcomes. In the 2020 presidential primary, several candidates dropped out between when our ballots arrived and our election day. Without a backup vote, nearly 400,000 voters’ voices didn’t contribute to the nominating process. That’s 25% of voters whose ballots were “wasted.” What’s more, we know RCV works. When used in the Wyoming primaries, turnout doubled. In Kansas, it nearly quadrupled. Imagine what voting in Washington would look like if we could choose our favorite presidential candidate knowing we have a backup.

There’s one chance to fix it: a vote of the full DNC membership in Austin this August. The fix is simple: strike the ban language and return the rules to what they’ve always been, with every state deciding for itself. No one would be required to use ranked choice voting; states would simply keep the right to choose.

FairVote Washington offers two ways to take action:

Choose one or more DNC members from the list below, and email them with the sample text below. Alternatively, you can use this link to ask your Members of Congress to pass a pre-written message along to DNC members.
Sign the petition!

DNC members to contact

Use the email partyaffairs@wa-democrats.org (subject line “No ban on Ranked Choice Voting”) to address one or more of these DNC members from Washington state:

Chair Shasti Conrad

Vice Chair John Thompson

CD 1 Representative Andrew Villeneuve

CD 8 Representative Rohana Joshi

CD 9 Representative Carmen Rivera

Sample text:

Dear ________________,

As a fellow advocate of pro-democracy, pro-voter measures, I’m disappointed to learn that the DNC Rules Committee is recommending banning Ranked Choice Voting in presidential primaries in Rule 14A of the proposed 2028 Delegate Selection Rules. In Austin, I strongly urge you to support a motion to amend the Rules as presented and remove the RCV ban language in Rule 14A.

RCV is already used by numerous state Democratic parties, including a dozen who have used it in some form as part of the 2020 and/or 2024 presidential nominating contest. No one is suggesting state parties must use RCV in 2028 — simply that they should have the freedom to decide what works best for them and their voters.

More frightening: Banning Ranked Choice Voting is a declared Heritage Foundation “Election Integrity” priority, appearing in both Project 2025 and Trump’s Make America’s Elections Great Again Act — why would the Democratic Party do Republicans’ work for them?

This vote isn’t about whether or not you personally support Ranked Choice Voting – it’s about saying no to national overreach and pushing a Republican agenda. We need to strengthen our democracy and expand our electorate. This happens by listening, embracing choice, and being innovative — not by banning things.

Please vote to remove the ban!

[NAME], voter from [CITY], WA

✊ Action 2 – Vote in the Aug 4 primary!

Every vote matters.

If you haven’t voted yet, put down the iced tea and grab your ballot! In addition to state legislative and federal Congressional primary races, there are four important state Supreme Court justice positions on the ballot, with 3-4 candidates in each race. Many races are hotly contested. For example, longtime 9th Congressional District U.S. Rep. Adam Smith (D-Bellevue) faces multiple challengers from the left, which Smith has frequently criticized. Independent Kshama Sawant, a socialist who served 10 years on the Seattle City Council, and Democrat Melissa Chaudhry both hope to unseat him.

For progressive guidance for your choices, use one of these resources:

The Progressive Voters Guide‘s recommendations for the primary. Scroll past the counties on the page.
Northwest Progressive Institute’s very thorough website on the candidates. This includes information on who Democrats, Republicans, and leading politicians are endorsing (scroll down for endorsements).
The League of Women Voters- WA also has a useful guide to assessing the candidates.

And, be sure to drop your ballot in a Ballot Drop Box by 8 pm on election day, Aug 4 so that your votes are counted!

⛅ Bright Spots

A new Emerson College survey of likely 2026 voters finds the Democrats with an 11-point advantage over the Republicans on the generic congressional ballot, leading 53% to 42%. And a new WaPo article reports that Republicans are seeing a “‘scary’ lack of enthusiasm among core voters ahead of midterms.” All the more reason for progressive citizens to get out and vote!
California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a new initiative that aims to bolster the journalism ecosystem across California, with a focus on local, community, and underserved news outlets that meet specific criteria. And in Monticello, Georgia, a 25-year-old reporter and former intern has purchased his 145-year-old hometown paper to save it from corporate ownership.
The administration loses again. An Illinois judge was the latest to throw out the DOJ’s lawsuit seeking the state’s unredacted voter rolls, bringing the department to a staggering 19 straight losses and no wins. Thirty states have refused to turn over voter rolls to the federal government.
King County Sheriff Patty Cole-Tindall draws firm line on ICE, says deputies will not assist on immigration matters.

Upcoming Events

Mon Aug 3, 10 am – tour of the loop around the ballot processing floor at King County Elections Headquarters. Sign up to attend! Access code: elections
Mon Aug 3, 4-5 pm – Virtual Eastside for All Launch Event for Build for Belonging Action Fund. For registration information, sign up at the link.
Tues Aug 4 – Primary Election Day. Vote early! See the King County Return Your Ballot page.
Tues Aug 4, 2:30-4 pm – Whistle Kit Making Party. Together Center, 16305 NE 87th St, Redmond.
Wed Aug 5, 12-1 pm – Virtual Eastside for All Launch Event for Build for Belonging Action Fund. For registration information, sign up at the link.
Wed Aug 5, 3:30-4:30 pm – Eastside Rising Kirkland Overpass Event – Kirkland.
Thur Aug 6, 1-1:45 pm – Lunchtime Meeting w/ Congressman Smith’s Staff – virtual.
Thur Aug 6, 6-7 pm – Eastside for All Launch Event for Build for Belonging Action Fund, Juanita Beach Park, 9703 NE Juanita Dr, Kirkland. For more information, sign up at the link.
Wed Aug 12, 7-8:30 pm – Constitutional Observer Training – in person. Register to attend.
Wed Aug 12, 6-7 pm – Eastside for All Launch Event for Build for Belonging Action Fund. Blythe Park, 16950 W Riverside Dr, Between North 102nd Ave and 103rd Avenue, Bothell. For more information, sign up at the link.
Tues Aug 18, 2:30-4 pm – Whistle Kit Making Party. Together Center, 16305 NE 87th St, Redmond.
Wed Aug 19, 4-5 pm – Eastside for All Launch Event for Build for Belonging Action Fund, Woodblock Restaurant, 16175 Cleveland Street, Redmond. For more information, sign up at the link.
Thur Aug 20, 3:30-5:30 pm – Stitch Squad at Downtown Kirkland Library, 308 Kirkland Ave. Sign up HERE with access code stitch
Wed Oct 14, 1-1:45 pm – Lunchtime Meeting w/ Sen. Cantwell’s Staff – virtual.

📣 Everyday Actions

See Eastside and Seattle Protests 2026

See Ways to Help our Immigrant Neighbors

See Postcarding & Letter Writing resources on our website

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