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The citizens who have come together to support Initiative 25 represent the broadest possible political spectrum of any grass roots initiative to be put before the voters of King County. Many such efforts claim to be nonpartisan – this one truly is.

 

“The citizens of King County deserve an elected director of elections. If elected, the position would be directly accountable by the public. Importantly, an elected director could be a strong advocate for the elections office to the County Council and the public. That has made a significant difference in the other 38 counties of the state.”

Sam Reed
Secretary of State [R]


“As Washington State Auditor, I have spent my public service career ensuring government remains accountable to the public. I support the creation of a directly elected Director of Elections for King County for just that reason.”

Brian Sonntag
State Auditor [D]


“Democracy is about belief as much as it is a form of government. For that reason I strongly urge you to help qualify Initiative 25. Together we can make the Elections Director accountable to the people of King County and thereby restore faith in the system.”

Gentry Lange
Voting Activist and Former Green Candidate for King County Executive [G]


“Having been an observer of elections and interacting with the previous two appointed Directors, I think it is imperative that this be a non-partisan elected office. With all the problems we have all seen in King County Elections, we need someone independent, competent and serving at the will of the people. The Director of Elections is too important a position to be filled as a payoff for political services. We need a person of integrity not beholden to a particular political ideology or outcome.”

Ruth E. Bennett
State Chair
Libertarian Party of Washington State

 

 

SUPPORTERS

Ann Adams

Stuart Adams

Jack Allen

Steve Altick

Russell Amick

Glenn Anderson

Tony Arritola

Robert Ash

Blair Ashton

Daniel Ballif

Christopher Barringer

Troy Beardslee

Daniel Bennett

Velta  Benson

Dirk Berdan

Steve Beren

Todd Bergmann

John Blackman

J.W. Blaylock

James Bloomfield

Jeff Boly

J.C. Boynkin

Henry Bradley

Henry Bradley, Jr.

Herbert Bridge

Lisa Brouwer

Helen Brown

Aron Buckles

Doug Buffett

Elizabeth Burdyshaw

Raymond Burhen

Mark Buse

Howard Campbell

Joseph Cantu

Daniel Cathers

Carlos Cerna

Edwin Chobot

Ben Chronister

James  Clark

Robert Clawson

Thomas Cleveland

Tim Cole

Rudy Cologna

Jeanne Congdon

E.G. Costello

Janet Creighton

John Creighton

William Cruchon

Jay Dahlquist

Diana Davis

Patrick Davis

Evelyn Decerce

Kenneth Demaria

Sarah Denkewalter

W. Richard Denman

Dick Derham

Hilde Derke

Michelle Derouis Sackman

John Derrig

Jonathan DeVaney

Lois Dobish

Patricia Drew

Jacqueline Dunbar

Michael Dunmire

Reagan Dunn

Bob Edelman

Patty Edwards

Donald Ege

Lee Eggebroten

Michael Ekness

Marjorie Ellers

Glenn Engel

Duane Engle

John Palmer Evans

John Everett

Adam Faber

John Farrell

Spencer Farrow

Robert Felton

Bette Filley

Frank Firmani

Phyllismary Flood

Marilyn Fluegel

Wolfgang Franzen

Don Frodsham

Lynda Lee Gerpheide

Norman Gilbertson

Edward Godsey

Kurt Goering

Julie   Goldberg

Slade Gorton

David Griffin

Dan Griner

Mark Griswold

Lois Gustafson

Bruce  Guthrie

James Hale

Gary Halpin

Patricia Halpin

G. Steve Hammatt

Roger Hancock

Terri Hartsock

John Harvey

Michael Harvey

Ray Haynie

Ronald Hebron

Henry Heerschap

Anthony Hemstad

John Hennessy

John Henry

John Henry

Todd Herman

John Hession

Norman Hime

Norman Hime

John Hoyt

Vernon Huber

Lena Hunt

Paul Hunter

Colin Hutchinson

Susan Hutchison

David Irons

Stuart Jenner

Gail Jensen

Stephen Johnson

James Johnston

Mary Kaye Johnston

Diane Jones

Cecilia Jordan

Kate Kaluzny

Maxine Keesling

Audrey Kelley

Julie Ann Kempf

Lucille Kempf

Bronston Kenney

Mike Kinney

Shaun Klebold

Dwight Knechtel

Daniel Kolton

Robert Kramer

Carol Krauss

Kris Kuhn

Josef Kunzler

Gentry Lange

Robert Langenbach

Mike Leaf

Mike Leaf

William Lenihan

C. Stephen Lewis

W. Walter Liang

Maureen London

Barry Long

Laurie Lyford

Cecilia MacLaren

Andy Maris

Dixon Marshall, Jr.

Andrew McDonald

Zach McDonald

James McElroy

Howardine McInnis

Mark McJunkin

Patrick McKenzie

John McMahon

W.H. Meadowcroft

Laura  Melton

Michael Meredith

Dale Miller

Maury Miller

Uteva Miller

Thomas Monroe

Howard Morrill

Kenneth Muller

Dinesh Nandan

Maxine Narodick

Daniel Nelson

Janet Nelson

Peter Neupert

Andrew Nisbet

Toby  Nixon

James  Nordale

John Nordin

Carolyn Norman

Louis Novak

Henry Oberson

Robert Odem

Steve O'Donnell

Chang Oh

Jerry Olson

G.R.  Osborne, Jr.

Jason Osgood

Dunn PAC

T. Keith Patrick

Steve Pennock

Juli Pettingill

Dan  Piecora

Charles Pigott

Gail Piper

R. Alex Polson

Gene Pope

Eileen Pratt

Joseph Prior

Charles Read

Patricia Richards

Allan Riddle

Joseph Rimkus

Sarah Rindlaub

Kirk Robbins

Marilyn Robertson

William Robins

Vivian Robinson

Richard Rogers

Eric Rohrbach

Kevin Ryan

Paul Sanders

H. Dennis Sather

David Sawyer

Michael Scheele

Gregory Schroeder

Kathryn Schroeder

Jim Scowden

Martin Selig

Milton Sessions

Stefan Sharkansky

John Shaw

James Sidell

Michael Silhan

Stephen Sipe

Chris Sirianni

Thomas Slater

Ken Sletten

Steve Smith

Wayne Smith

Joseph Smyth

Lori Sotelo

Dan Speigle

Kenneth Stangland

Colin Stanton-Wyman

W. Dyanne Stepanek

David Stetson

Mark Sussman

Fred Telewski

Lynne Thelan

Cary Thomas

June Thornton

Doug Timpe

Michael Timpe

Douglas Tooley