Welcome new and continuing members of The Fightin' 46th! 

- This is the Official Call for the March Meeting of the 46th District Democrats -

Click here to register for the meeting.

We have an excellent program on tap for our first regular monthly meeting!  We will also be doing some important District business, such as electing officers to vacancies under our new map boundaries.

Mark your calendars for 7pm - 9:00pm on Wednesday, March 30!  Register Here!

Everyone welcome!

Call to Meeting

Wednesday, March 30, 2022

Mark your calendars and save the Zoom link for Wednesday, March 30^th at 7:00pm!

Zoom link to register for meeting

6:30pm - Chat and check your tech

Proposed Agenda:

• Call to Order
• Land Acknowledgement
• Review of Meeting Etiquette and Norms
• VIP Elected Official Guest Speaker
• Legislative Session Review
• Candidate Introductory Panel:  46th LD Senate position 
• Elections for Vacancies on the Executive Board - see below.  Redistricting has left us with some vacancies - are you interested in a leadership role? 
• Physical vs. Virtual Meeting Update, and Calendar thru June 2022
• Discussion and Adoption of Endorsement Rules for 2022 
• Committee Reports, if needed
• Good of the Order

New to the 46th? The names of all members in good standing of the 32nd, 36th, and 43rd LDs who were re-districted into the "new" 46th have been provided to us by your former district, and your membership will be recognized by the 46th. Welcome!

Please register for the Zoom meeting as early as possible, so your voting credential can be generated and issued prior to the meeting.  We can avoid a bottleneck as the meeting starts if you register early. 

Vacant offices up for election at this time:

• State Committee Rep (must be female or gender non-binary identifying)
• KCDCC Rep - Female or Gender Non-Binary
• KCDCC Alternates (Both)
• At least 2 At Large Positions

Questions?  We have a Meet-n-Greet for the 46th District on Wednesday, March 23 at 7:00pm.  Bring your questions about either the caucus (on Saturday, the 26th) or the general meeting (on Wednesday, March 30th), or your general questions about the district.

Zoom link for the March 23rd Meet-n-Greet: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88621027164 

You may also send your questions to [email protected]

Hope to see you at the meeting!

Fellow Democrats,

This is the formal notice of the 2022 46th Legislative District Caucus for the purpose of selecting our Legislative District Delegates to the Washington State Democrats Convention on June 24th and 25th, 2022.

The caucus will be held via Zoom meeting on Saturday, March 26th, starting at 10:00am.  The Zoom meeting will open at 9:00am for check-in.

Members of the 46th District Democrats and guests may register for the caucus at the link below.   

Register in advance for this meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUqceChrzIqE9czUvwYsna6iGv1xFXyJ_VD

This convention will be held physically in Tacoma, Washington, with a virtual participation option for those who would prefer to not attend in person.

It is my responsibiity as Legislative District Chair to call this caucus under the 2022 Delegate Selection and Affirmative Action Plan passed by the Washington State Democratic Central Committee on January 29th, 2022. 

Under the Washington Delegate Selection and Affirmative Action Plan (DSAAP) all individuals who were members in good standing of the 32nd, 36th, 43rd, or 46th District Democratic Organizations as of February 24th, and live within the recently adopted boundaries for the November elections of the 46th District will be eligible to vote in this caucus.

(Reminder:  Lake Forest Park and Kenmore are now part of the 1st LD, and Laurelhurst is now part of the 43rd LD.  Windermere remains in the 46th LD.)

Link to check your residence address for new LD:  https://kingcounty.gov/depts/elections/elections/maps/find-my-districts.aspx

Any individual who resides in the district and identifies themselves as a Democrat and will be 16 on or before General Election Day is eligible to run and serve as a Delegate to the State Convention, regardless of whether they are a district member, or not.  US Citizenship is not required to be a convention delegate.

We will be electing 35 delegates and 18 alternates, under the 2022 DSAAP.

Sign up here to run to be a Convention delegate

The Caucus will begin at 10:00am, on March 26th, 2022, with check-in opening at 9:00am. Members can participate by registering for the meeting at this zoom registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUqceChrzIqE9czUvwYsna6iGv1xFXyJ_VD

Additionally attached to this notice is the proposed agenda for the caucus as well as the proposed rules, consolidated into one document.   The body will consider adoption early in the caucus on March 26th.

Click here for Proposed Agenda and Rules

Please note, under these proposed Rules a voter must have pre-registered for the meeting and be in the meeting Zoom room to vote, so please prepare for the caucus by registering early, so we can build your ballot code.

Click here to register for the Zoom meeting

On behalf of the Executive Board of the 46th District, we look forward to seeing many of you on March 26th!

Democratically Yours, 

Julie Anne Kempf

Chair

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