Every four years, during a presidential election, the Republican Party holds caucuses and a county convention.
The caucus date for the Republican Party in Washington State is scheduled for January 13, 2024 at 10 a.m. There will more than likely be “grouped” caucuses in each of the 3 county commissioner districts across the county: The west end (Forks and area) is in District 3, and the precinct caucuses will be held there. District 2 – comprised of Port Angeles and outlying areas to the east, will be held in another location; and District 1 – Sequim and outlying areas, will be held in yet a third location. The locations, when determined, will be in the local newspapers, as well as on our website at Clallam Republicans.org.
The purpose of a caucus in 2024 is two-fold. You and your Republican neighbors will meet to elect delegates to the county convention, to be held February 24, 2024. You will also discuss issues of importance to you, and write notes (or resolutions) about these, which will be forwarded to the Platform and Resolutions committee to be considered for the Platform. The county platform states what we stand for as a Party, and will be presented at the county convention, debated, and passed, effective for the next four years.
From the delegates at the county convention will be elected delegates to attend the state convention, the state platform will be presented, debated and passed, and delegates will be elected to go to the national convention. Electors from our State will also be elected.
The caucus is a great opportunity to be involved with your Party at a grassroots – the most important – level. Individuals are who make up this great country of ours, and if you don’t state your beliefs – then vote – we may lose this great Constitutional Republic of ours.
Please mark your calendar and show up to participate in your own government.
In a Nutshell:
To elect delegates for the county convention. From those elected, delegates will be elected to go to the state convention; and then from those delegates, individuals will be elected to attend the national convention, to represent us in our choice of nominee.
To discuss issues of importance, to be forwarded for consideration in the county Platform and Resolutions to the Platform.
I-1082: TERM LIMITS ON TAXES – ROUND 2 HERE’S WHAT IT DOES
BALLOT TITLE: This measure would require state tax increases to expire after one year unless approved by a majority of vote of the people, and terminate tax increases imposed in 2019 and 2020 without such approval.
Olympia in 2019 imposed 11 new taxes costing 27 billion dollars. I-1082 terminates ALL of them.
These are all of the tax hikes I-1082 would terminate:
New payroll taxes (HB 1087): $8,036,110,541
New property sales taxes (REET – SB 5998): $1,747,300,000
New fuel taxes (MTCA – SB 5993): $2,760,000,000
New taxes on bank customers (SB 6016): $367,900,000
New taxes on bank customers (HB 2167): $1,035,700,000
New taxes on border business customers (SB 5997): $311,759,000
New taxes on travel agent customers (SB 6004): $30,100,000
New taxes on vaping customers (HB 1873): $207,135,000
New taxes on online buyers (SB 5581): $1,039,261,000
New taxes on service business customers (SB 2158): $3,097,600,000
New property taxes (SB 5313): $8,661,000,000
Total: $27,293,865,541 (YES, that is BILLIONS of YOUR Hard Earned Money)
Sign the initiative at Clallam County Republican Party Headquarters (open 11-2, M-F), or stop by The Master Locksmith, 445 W. Washington in Sequim (open M-F, 9:30 – 5:30).
I had the privilege of attending a gathering recently that included some Civil Rights warriors. The topic of discussion was making sure that legal discrimination does not return to our state. Twenty years ago, we fought that battle and defeated Affirmative Action at the ballot box – Washington State citizens voted overwhelmingly to pass I-200 which stopped the practice of Affirmative Action, a policy that allowed state agencies and colleges to base their hiring or acceptance solely on race. This year, in a party-line vote, the Democrats put Affirmative Action back into place with I-1000. The Republicans tried to force them to put it on the ballot, but they refused. Democrats knew that if the people of Washington were free to vote on this measure, it would fail. The people of this state do not believe in discrimination and preferential treatment – not on race, religion, or gender. Not at all. We believe that every single person in this country should be judged, not on the color of their skin (or gender, religion, etc), but by the content of their character and their personal qualifications.
A very small percentage of volunteers did the miraculous, and you will have the opportunity to vote on this issue. Referendum 88 was filed right after the end of the Legislative Session. It required 130,000 signatures to qualify to put on the ballot this November – an overwhelming task. In only six weeks, we were able to get over 220,000 signatures, more than enough to go on the ballot.
This fall, R-88 will be on your ballot. It will be confusing when you see it, because of the way it is worded. R-88 will be the title of the entry on the ballot, but you will be voting on whether to accept I-1000 or reject it. We must REJECT I-1000. I-1000 itself is worded in such a way as to be very confusing. It says in the language that the purpose is to stop discrimination. But if you read it carefully, you will see that its purpose is to be able to hand-select based on race, color, religion, gender (they’ve added sexual orientation, as well). The language talks about “under-representation.” That means that if any agency believes a group is under-represented, they may require hiring from that group, regardless of higher-qualified individuals. They will be able to accept and reject students into colleges based on physical characteristics. This is wrong, and we must stop this from becoming law – there isn’t one area where we should look at a person’s physical characteristics to judge them, rather than what they have done and who they are as a person.
Ward Connerly, a hero of the civil rights movement, took the time to come to Olympia last Saturday to address a gathering of R-88 volunteers. He is an African American who founded the American Civil Rights Institute. He was also one of the regents of the U of CA years ago when he noticed that the University was accepting students based on their race. He said that as a person born in Louisiana in 1939, he experienced a great deal of discrimination and would fight all discrimination in every corner of the country as long as he had breath. He helped with the I-200 campaign in 1998 and will return to help defeat discrimination again. I agree with Mr. Connerly – it’s a terrible piece of legislation and must be defeated.
When you see the words R-88 and I-1000 on the ballot this fall, vote REJECTED. Again, REJECT legalized discrimination in Washington.
How to take action now –
Please post and re-post this message over the next few months. Feel free to take any part of it and create your own letter to the editor or forward this email to your friends. This will be a confusing issue to most voters, so we need to make sure the word is out to vote “rejected.” The only way to succeed is with your help. I know many of you collected signatures to get R-88 on the ballot, but that’s only half the battle. We’ve got a few more months to go. I’ve sent this letter to the editor of our local paper and plan to send more. I will also send out another email as a reminder in a few weeks. There are many issues that are extremely frustrating right now to Republicans – increased taxes, increased regulations, gun laws that don’t make sense, etc. This is just one of them. But it is one that we can stop with a little bit of effort. Thank you again for all your help.
News Release from Shoona Riggs, Clallam County Auditor
July 23, 2019
Primary ballots for the Clallam County Commissioner District No. 1 race were inadvertently sent to voters without information relating to the candidates’ party preferences.
On Wednesday, July 24, 2019, a notice will be mailed to all voters in Clallam County Commissioner District No. 1. This notice provides the party preference information as it should have been stated on the ballot. A copy of the notice has been sent with this press release.
Prior to sending the notice, Clallam County Auditor Shoona Riggs and staff met with the impacted candidates and representatives of the Republican and Democratic Parties. At the meeting, all present discussed why updated ballots could not be sent out after ballot processing has begun at the Auditor’s Office. Pursuant to RCW 29A.40.070 and WAC 434-250-080, no additional ballot may be issued to a voter whose ballot has already been accepted. It was agreed that sending a notice to voters was the best course of action to address this unfortunate error. (more…)
