The Kittitas Valley League of Women Voters will be participating in National Voter Registration Day (NVRD), a nationwide, nonpartisan effort to register hundreds of thousands of voters on Tuesday, September 25. The League will be out in force at multiple locations in Ellensburg, and will be available to assist voters who want to register or update their registration if they have moved.
Kittitas Valley League of Women Voters and Ellensburg Public Library Host Candidate Forum
ELLENSBURG, WA (September 10, 2018) – The Kittitas Valley League of Women Voters and the Ellensburg Public Library will host a Candidate Forum from 7-9 p.m. Thursday, October 18th for candidates running for Legislative District 13 seats and Kittitas County seats. The forum will take place in the City Council Chambers and is free and open to the public.
Initiative 940 – De-escalate WashingtonThis measure would require law enforcement employees receive training in:
And to provide first-aid. It would also change standards for use of deadly force, adding a “good faith” standard and independent investigation. If passed, it would amend the state’s deadly force law which currently makes it virtually impossible to charge police over custody deaths. The League supports passage of this Initiative.
This Initiative does three really important interconnected things: Raises the age to purchase semi-automatic assault weapons from 18 to 21; creates enhanced background checks for semi-automatic assault weapons similar to that required for handguns; promotes charging gun owners if someone not allowed to have a gun gets a hold of their firearm because it wasn’t safely stored. Let’s face it, it is no “accident” when a young child gets a hold of a loaded gun – it is negligence on the part of the gun owner.
The League of Women Voters has not taken a position on this Initiative.
However, there are a couple facts you should know in order to make an informed choice:
