Next year’s primary will now be held on the second Tuesday in March, with mail-in voting starting in February,
Crosscut:
After reports of long, chaotic and crowded caucus meetings in 2016, many Democrats spoke out about the need for a change. In particular, critics said the caucus meetings excluded people who couldn’t attend due to work, child-care responsibilities, disability or other factors.
Capitol Hill Seattle Blog:
Finally in 2020, the Washington primary will matter as Democratic leaders voted this weekend to utilize a primary to allocate the state’s presidential delegates.
“Democrats in Washington are ready for the big show in 2020,” state Democratic Party Chair Tina Podlodowski said in a statement.
The Cascadia Advocate is published by the Northwest Progressive Institute:
More than ninety percent of the more than 13,000 individuals who participated asked the party to embrace a state-run presidential primary for 2020.
Today, the WSDCC demonstrated it is listening, with nearly three out of every four members backing the historic proposal to commit the party to a primary.
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The Democratic Party of Oregon and the Idaho Democratic Party are also planning to use presidential primaries to allocate their 2020 national convention delegates.
This is a positive step forward, and will allow Democrats previously excluded from the caucus process to have their voices heard. Way to go Washington!