— from Cindy Wolf —

This Saturday, February 2, the Democratic Precinct Committee Officers from all over the 40th LD will gather in Bellingham to select three candidates for appointment to our State Senate seat.  Currently the people who have stepped forward for consideration are:

  • Kris Lytton
  • Learner Limbach
  • Liz Lovelet
  • Stacey Smith
  • Jamie Stephens
  • Rud Browne

If you prefer one of these candidates, you need to figure out which Precinct you live in and email your PCO by Friday night.  Once the list of three names has been chosen, you need to let your County Councilors (Bill, Jamie & Rick) know who you prefer.  You can do this by email, telephone and/or letter to the editor. They meet this coming Tuesday, February 5 to make the appointment, so you won’t have long to let them know!  

Here is a link to a Precinct map https://sanjuanco.com/DocumentCenter/View/11255/Countywide-Precinct-Map?bidId= . Here is a link to the contact information for your PCOs https://sjdemocrats.org/about-us-2/precinct-committee-officers/ . 

Please note, Mr. Stephens and Mr. Browne are both sitting members of the County Councils who will make the ultimate decision on the appointment. Currently the Washington State Democratic Central Committee expects them to resign their current positions with no guarantee of appointment if they wish to be eligible for nomination. This is in concurrence with opinions issued by the State Attorney General’s Office in 1985 & 1987. The Councilmen dispute the validity of these opinions and believe they have a Constitutional right to seek appointment. To this end they asked for a review of the situation by the legal counsel retained by the WSAC (a non-profit group established to advance the interests of 39 member counties which is 50% funded by dues from the counties and 50% funded by fees for projects they are engaged to complete.). The WSAC Counsel did not issue official legal advice, but did disagree with the Attorney General’s Opinions. It is unlikely that either the WSDC or the AGO will alter their positions before this appointment is made.

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