July 21
7–9 p.m.
Everett Community College
Parks Building, Multi Purpose Room
2000 Tower St.
Everett

July 27
7–9 p.m.
Administration Building, Room 110
Washington State University- Vancouver Campus
14204 N.E. Salmon Creek Ave.
Vancouver

July 29
5–7 p.m.
Spokane City Hall
City Council Chambers
808 W. Spokane Falls Blvd.
Spokane

For more details, here’s the press release.

The unions are sending out emails, working hard to pack the rooms full of state workers.  Spread the word far and wide so a cut spending / no-new-taxes message is heard there as well.

What Is A Precinct?
It is the smallest political subdivision in Washington. It typically contains 300 - 500 households.

What Are The Duties Of A PCO?
• Informing their precinct of their party’s candidates
• Registering new voters
• Identifying party members
• Recommending poll workers
• “Get out the vote” campaigns
• Holding/leading a precinct caucus every spring of a presidential election year
• Attending legislative district party meetings

Who Is Eligible?
A member of a major political party who is a registered voter in the precinct may file with the county auditor for the office of precinct committee officer of his or her party in that precinct. When elected at the primary, the precinct committee officer shall serve so long as the committee officer remains an eligible voter in that precinct.

How Do I File?
You may file online at https://info.kingcounty.gov/elections/candidatefiling/pco.aspx. Online candidate filing closes at 4:00 PM Friday, June 11, 2010. Any filings started before 4:00 PM on Friday, June 11 must be completed by 4:30 PM to be accepted.

How Long Is The Term?
The term of office of precinct committee officer is two years, commencing the first day of December following the primary.

When Is The Primary?
Tuesday, August 17, 2010.

What Is The Electoral Process Like?
The office must be voted upon at the primaries, and the names of all candidates must appear under the proper party and office designations on the ballot for the primary for each even-numbered year, and the one receiving the highest number of votes will be declared elected. However, to be declared elected, a candidate must receive at least ten percent of the number of votes cast for the candidate of the candidate’s party receiving the greatest number of votes in the precinct.

Example: Two candidates are on the Primary ballot for Republican PCO, John Q. Public and Jane B. Cool. John received 120 votes and Jane receives 130. Jane will become the Republican PCO since she has received more votes than John and has more than 10% of the 300 votes received by Dino Rossi or Clint Didier [the biggest Republican vote getter in the precinct]. However, if no one really cared about the PCO race and John received 5 votes and Jane received 6 votes, Jane would not qualify.

Friday is the last day to register to become a PCO for this election cycle! Sign up soon!!
Several KCYR Board Members are or have been a PCO, so feel free to ask questions about their experience.

Here’s the results of the surprise staw poll we hosted at the end of our debate:

Clint Didier: 29 percent
Art Coday: 20 percent
Sean Salazar: 16 percent
Chris Widener 13 percent
Craig Williams 10 percent
Paul Akers 9 percent
Skip Mercer 3 percent

Please don’t hesitate to get involved with whichever candidate you’ve picked, and of course do not forget to vote in the primary on August 17th.