I-1631 should look familiar to Jefferson County voters. It is the misleadingly labeled “carbon fee” plan that is actually exactly like the carbon tax scheme soundly rejected by voters just two years ago. Indeed, it imposes the very same tax on energy, but now attempts to misleads consumers by deceptively trying to persuade people it is nothing but a “fee on major polluters.”
Baloney. It is primarily a tax on gasoline. It will take $2.3 billion from consumers in just the first five years, according to the Washington State Office of Financial Management.
And it keeps going up. Every year, with no end in sight.
While nearly all voters in Clallam County have received their ballots, a small number have reported that they are still waiting for their ballots to arrive. In following up on this concern, the Elections Office has been communicating with postal officials at both the Seattle and Tacoma Post Offices. The USPS has helped research every pallet of ballots that were included in the mail drop, and has not found that any trays of ballots are missing. The Elections Office and USPS are continuing to work together to further explore the concern of non-delivery or delayed mail. (more…)
Voting in Washington’s 2018 General Election is now underway as ballots were mailed last week to all registered Clallam County voters.
New Washington state voters have until Monday, Oct. 29 to register in person at the Auditor’s Office in the Clallam County Courthouse, 223 E. 4th St. in Port Angeles, to participate in this election.
Those needing a replacement ballot may securely access a printable ballot via the MyVote website at www.myvote.wa.gov., or obtain one by contacting Clallam County Elections directly at 360-417-2221 or elections@co.clallam.wa.us.
Ballots must be postmarked by Election Day, Nov. 6, or returned to a ballot drop box by 8 p.m. that day.
Ballot drop off options include 24-hour drive-up ballot boxes at the Clallam County Courthouse in Port Angeles, the Sequim Village Shopping Center near JCPenney’s in Sequim, and the PUD in Sekiu just off Highway 101. Additionally, walk-up drop boxes are located outside Forks City Hall, outside Washburn’s General Store in Neah Bay, and in front of the Clallam Bay Branch Library. An additional ballot drop box will be installed soon next to Sunny Farms Country Store in Carlsborg (adjacent to Mill Road).
An accessible voting unit is also available at the Auditor’s Office to assist voters with disabilities in voting independently. Regular business hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, with extended Election Day hours of 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Printed statewide voters’ pamphlets featuring local candidate races and measures were mailed to all Clallam County residences earlier this month. Additional copies are available at the Clallam County Auditor’s Office as well as local libraries and city halls. A local Online Voters’ Guide is also available on the Clallam County Elections website at www.clallam.net/elections.
Press release from Clallam County Auditor, Oct. 22, 2018
Washington State Initiative 1634 – Keep Groceries Affordable Act of 2018
by Sue Forde
How do you stop a tax before it begins? Well, we have a way to do that on our November ballot. Simply vote “YES” on Initiative 1634 – the “Keep Groceries Affordable” initiative!
Washington state government doesn’t currently collect taxes on food and beverages, but a loophole exists to allow local governments to do so.
And Seattle used that loophole to tax sweetened carbonated drinks. (Big surprise there!) That really was the engine to get this initiative off the ground!
What’s next? Meat, dairy, all your groceries? Yes, there has been talk about taxing these items.
And how long would it be before other local governments followed, as they look for more ways to cover the cost of an ever more expensive budget brought about in part because of State unfunded mandates.
The camel’s nose is under the tent, according to many small business, restaurants, and farmers, to name a just a few, who have signed on to I-1634.
I-1634 is a “pro-active” initiative, ensuring that our groceries -the food and beverages we consume every day – are protected from any new or increased local tax, fee or assessment.
With the rising cost of living, more taxes on necessities like food hurt the low- and fixed-income families the most.
So checking the “YES” box on this initiative is really a no-brainer! Vote Yes on Initiative 1634.
And while you’re at it, vote for Republicans who will work toward lowering taxes and reducing regulations all the way around!
As you probably know by now, this election may be one of the most important ones in history. Just take a look at the Kavanaugh attack by the left, the mobs that are in various cities attacking those who don’t agree with their line of thinking, and understand that if the Democrats take control of the House and/or Senate, we are in deep trouble, as it would be a signal that those type of tactics work.
A Democrat majority in Congress would mean that the great accomplishments of President Trump would be halted, and even reversed. Democrats have also talked about impeaching our duly-elected President, as well as Justice Kavanaugh.
We can participate in a “Red Wave” to be sure that doesn’t happen, and to send the message that it is “we the people” who govern, not a Deep State who would ignore the rule of law.
Here’s just a sample of what the left is doing (thank you, Sue Landis Runyan, for the heads up on this):
” It is timely and meaningful to revisit the efforts by an organization – Organizing for Action (OFA) – which is a part of the Barack Obama official web site. The included Twitter page for OFA is very revealing. One of the inclusions is from a group in Hawaii that organized to make calls into Arizona. Other tweets are from Barack Obama.
” It doesn’t take reading many tweets to realize just the challenge set for those of us who do not want our country changed into the country that Barack Obama wants.
“Perhaps others who read some of these tweets will understand just how important it is to vote in our up coming election. https://mobile.twitter.com/OFA”
Likewise, we’ve seen what the left has done to our State. Let’s continue to work toward taking it back, so the State Constitution can have some meaning! Vote for Jodi & Jim to replace those two who are so heavily funded by the Seattle leftists.
So please be sure to get your ballot in, and strongly encourage others who want to keep our Constitutional Republic strong to do likewise.
The Clallam County Republican Party’s website has the list of the Republican candidates, as well as those nonpartisan candidates and initiatives that have been endorsed. You can see them here: www.clallamrepublicans.org They are also set out below:
The Republican candidates are: Susan Hutchison for U S Senate
Douglas Dightman for US Congress
Jodi Wilke for State Representative Position 1
Jim McEntire for State Representative Position 2
Bill Peach for County Commissioner District 3 (only those who live in Dist 3 can vote for Bill)
Mark Nichols, County Prosecuting Attorney
The nonpartisan candidates the Clallam County Republican Party has endorsed are:
Bill Benedict for County Sheriff
Dave Neupert for County District Court Judge
Julie Gardiner for Director of Dept. of Community Development
Here is where the CCRP stands on the Initiatives:
NO on Initiative 1631
YES on Initiative 1634
NO on Initiative 1639
NO on Initiative 940
If you have questions on any other issues or candidates on the ballot, I’ll be happy to share my personal thoughts about those. Just ask… 🙂 You can contact me at sueforde@clallamrepublicans.org.
