Actions

Resources including Immigrant Support, Eastside Protests, Postcarding and more. 

For the week of April 20, 2026

 

🎙️Apr 20, 2026 Weekly Actions Audio – available for when you’re on the go

🔷 We had a great member meeting on Sunday where we all learned how to be a constitutional observer, broke into neighborhood groups to build community, and ended with uplifting messages we brainstormed together. Check out the notes if you missed it or want any of the resources.

🔷 The Trump administration is converting warehouses across the country into mass immigration detention facilities, part of a broader agenda to detain and disappear our neighbors on a massive scale. This resource breaks down the challenge, how communities are fighting back, and how you can take action. For the National Day of Action to Stop ICE Warehouse Detention being held on April 25, there are two events happening on the Eastside (not sponsored by IE), one in Hunts Point, and one in Issaquah.

🔷 On May 1st, communities across the country are preparing for ‘no work, no school, and no shopping’! Join Rep. Rashida Tlaib and others today (Mon April 20 at 4 pm) to learn how to incorporate anti-war demands into your May Day plans. Then join us for any of these May Day activities:

🔷 Bellevue residents:  Budget drafting for the 2027-2028 biennium is underway now. Bellevue needs to spend less than 1% of its annual budget on climate to get our community’s carbon pollution under control. It can be done without raising taxes. So far, Bellevue’s attempts to reduce carbon pollution have been inadequate, and it shows – emissions are down just 12% since 2011 vs. the goal of at least 35% by 2025. If we don’t act now, Bellevue will miss its future emissions goals! Please sign this letter today and ask at least five Bellevue family and friends to sign too.

Weekly Actions

 

✊ Action 1 –  Support Bail Reform in Washington!

Two fundamental principles of our nation’s legal system are that everyone is innocent until proven guilty and has the right to be treated equally under the law. Cash bail systems such as the current system in Washington state contradict these two principles. These systems can force people, most of whom have not been convicted of a crime, to wait in jail because they cannot afford the bail set in their case. Public defenders have proposed changes to the rules for bail in Washington, as described in this op-ed in the Seattle Times. These changes are now under consideration by the Washington State Supreme Court.

Public defenders in the Washington State Office of Public Defense, the Snohomish County Office of Public Defense, the Washington Defender Association, and the King County Department of Public Defense have proposed these reforms. The imposition of bail costs, which often include a non-refundable 10% of the total bail paid to a commercial bail bonds company, falls disproportionately on people of color, members of the LGBTQ+ community, and their families.

If enacted, the proposed reforms would:

  • Constrain judges from imposing bail simply because someone had missed a court date before and instead only allow bail if someone poses a “high likelihood of willful flight to avoid prosecution.”
  • Cap bail for most misdemeanor offenses at $200 when bail is imposed on the likelihood of willful flight (excluding a number of offenses)
  • Create a strong presumption that the accused can satisfy bail by posting 10% with the court which can be refunded at the end of the case

Many other states have enacted similar reforms without undermining public safety. By reducing pre-trial incarceration, these states have improved people’s chances of keeping their jobs and housing.

The King County Department of Public Defense has written a letter to the justices and is collecting signatures from supporters to show the Court that this reform has broad community support. Please support their effort by taking these actions:

  1. Add your name as a signatory to their letter by filling out this form.
  2. Submit a comment to the Court in support of the proposed change by sending an email to supreme@courts.wa.gov and state that your comment is in support of the proposed Rule Change to CrR/CrRLJ 3.2 and 2.2.
    • Comments must not exceed 1,500 words and are due by April 30, 2026.
    • For an example of how community-based organizations have argued in favor of this proposal, check out this op-ed from the ACLU-WA and Civil Survival in the Seattle Times.
    • Other suggested talking points:
      • Unnecessary pretrial detention often results in people losing their jobs and housing, impacting their ability to receive behavioral health care, and compromising their ability to fight their cases.
      • These reforms will bring Washington’s use of cash bail in line with best practices from other states, where similar reforms have already reduced the collateral harm of pretrial incarceration without compromising public safety.
      • Everyone facing criminal charges is presumed innocent, but that presumption is meaningless if bail places a price tag on someone’s freedom that they cannot afford.

✊ Action 2 – File for PCO – Increase voter education and engagement in your neighborhood

Filing week for candidates in Washington elections is May 4-8th.  By the end of that week we’ll know who is running for elected positions that most of us are aware of like State Representative and Judges, but one of the most important positions is the Precinct Committee Officer (PCO). PCOs serve on the front lines of our elections, engage directly with their neighbors, build strong communities, and ensure strong Democratic turnout in all elections.

What are a PCO’s duties?

  • Make sure neighbors in your precinct are registered to vote
  • Remind neighbors in your precinct to vote
  • Vote on party priorities and leadership
  • Decide which candidates to endorse
  • Vote on appointments of State Senators and Representatives when there’s a legislative vacancy

You can read about filing to be a PCO at King County Elections PCO Filing Manual and/or watch this video. King County Democrats are having a PCO information session on April 21st, or you can come to their Volunteerpalooza on April 25th. 

Countywide, only about 42% of the Democratic PCO seats are filled. Check HERE to see if you currently have a PCO for your precinct. (Sign in with your voter information, click Your Elected Officials on the right side of the page, and scroll all the way to the end of the page to find your PCO.)

Between May 4th (8 am) and May 8th (5 pm) you can file to be elected to a 2-year term as Democratic PCO by your neighbors in the August primary. Don’t worry: it’s fast, free, and you can do it online. If you’re the only one to file, you won’t appear on the ballot, and will be elected automatically. If someone else also files, you can work together to do voter outreach, but only one of you will be elected PCO. The elected PCO term starts in December.

Before you file for PCO you will need to

  • Verify that your voter registration information is correct by logging into My Voter Information.
  • If your registration information is not correct, call King County Elections at 206-296-1565 before starting to file.

Between May 4 (8 am) and May 8 (5 pm), file to become a Democratic PCO HERE.

2026 is a critical year for organizing and elections. The democratic party needs Precinct Committee Officers (PCO’s) in every neighborhood on the Eastside. Learn about becoming a PCO at your LD websites: 1st LD, 5th LD, 41st LD, 45th LD, 48th LD. If you’d like to get started with voter outreach and education before December – please apply with your Legislative District Democrats to become an appointed PCO by filling out this application. 

Thank you to all who decide to serve!

⛅ Bright Spots

  • Artemis II crew landed safely back on earth after looping around the moon for the first time in 50 years!
  • Voter turnout hit historic levels as Hungarians cast their ballots and Victor Orban was defeated at the ballot box.
  • Lawyer John Eastman has been disbarred by the California Supreme Court for his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Among his other unethical (and illegal) actions, Eastman tried to claim that Mike Pence could unilaterally declare Trump the winner of the election.

Upcoming Events

Save the Date!

  • Fri May 29 – 3-7 pm –  Africa Day Celebration – Together Center in Redmond, more details to come. 

📣 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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