Under the Washington Voting Rights Act (WVRA), OneAmerica won a key case in Yakima to force the county to improve their inequitable voting systems. This bill strengthens that law--allowing for more organizations to bring voting rights suits to their counties.
OneAmerica Votes endorsed legislative champion Rep. Sharlett Mena is the prime sponsor of HB 1048 along with our OneAmerica Senate champion, Sen. Rebecca Saldaña. We had people from across the state testify in support of strengthening the WVRA to ensure the state's Voting Rights Act is working as efficiently as possible to protect the rights of communities of color in our election system. We will be back next Friday 1/20 for another hearing!
In the meantime, please email the House State Government Committee members asking them to vote "YES" and pass HB 1048 out of committee!