The complete WA Indivisible LTE Toolkit here
- The WA LTE toolkit includes all the following, plus templates to get your letter kickstarted! Check it out!
Be part of a statewide effort to write a Letter to the Editor (LTE) regarding the need to End the Filibuster
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Get Ready: See background info below and/or Brush up on A Practical Guide for Fixing our Democracy
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Get Set: Brush up your Letterwriting skills with these tips from Indivisible
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Go: Choose one of these WA papers and submit your LTE! If you’re writing to the Seattle Times, here are some things you need to know.
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Support and Feedback: When your LTE gets published we'll add it to the list below. Contact Joan at FilibusterLTE@indivisibleeastside.com with a link or image of your published LTE, or if you need support.
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For more ideas, you can take a look at some of the 21 published LTE by Indivisibles around the region. Multiple LTEs on the same topic reinforce this call to action: 6-18-21 Seattle Times, 6-4-21 Seattle Times, Whidbey News Times, South Whidbey Record, Kitsap Sun, Bainbridge Island Review, The Olympian Letter 1, The Olympian Letter 2, The Seattle Times Letter 1, Seattle Times Letter 2, The News Tribune (Tacoma), Nisqually Valley News, Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber, The Columbian letter 1, The Columbian letter 2, Everett Herald, GoSkagit.com
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WA Indivisible LTE Toolkit here
Some great background resources:
- For the People Act backgrounder
- Why reforming the filibuster is not enough
- S.1 - the For the People Act
- S.51 - the D.C. Statehood Act
- Filibuster 101
- Atlantic article: How Mitch McConnell killed accountability in Congress by abusing the filibuster
Senator Murray's comments:
- Spokesman Review 3/26/21
- Twitter video comments 6/15/2021
- KUOW interview 6/17/2021
- Twitter comment 8/24/2021
Write a Letter to the Editor (LTE) Calling on our Senators to push every Democratic Senator to change the filibuster rule so Republicans cannot block voting rights legislation
This month is absolutely critical to take a stand against what Republicans are doing to suppress our voting rights and cheat their way back into power! They are using the Senate's filibuster to stop the U.S. Constitution's guarantee of free and fair federal elections.
The Senate must act to set national standards to counter what Republican state legislatures are doing to "rig" election systems. Senators Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell must do everything in their power to persuade fellow Democrats to stop hiding, stand up, and change the filibuster rules to protect our freedom to vote.
Submit a Letter to the Editor to your local paper right away! Here's a link to a LTE Toolkit with sample wording to help you with your letter. We’ve been tracking Indivisible LTEs that get published, so once your letter is published, let us know by emailing us at FilibusterLTE@indivisibleeastside.com and we’ll add it to the list!