The 32nd Legislative District Democrats will discuss early endorsements, the 2016 presidential nominating process, and common-core education standards when they meet Wednesday in Shoreline.
The district includes Lynnwood, Woodway and nearby unincorporated areas of southwest Snohomish County, parts of Edmonds and Mountlake Terrace, the City of Shoreline, and part of Northwest Seattle.
The district Democrats’ monthly meeting is scheduled for the Shoreline Masonic Center, 753 N. 185th St., Shoreline, at 7 p.m. Wednesday.
The early endorsements for 2015 local elections are limited to candidates who have previously gone through the district’s endorsement process for the same position. For an early endorsement, a candidate must get a two-thirds vote of district Democratic members and precinct committee officers at the meeting. The regular endorsement meeting comes after the May 11-15 filing week.
On the presidential nominating process, the organization will consider a resolution supporting “the right of the Democratic Party to select its presidential nominee.”
District Democratic Chairwoman Carin Chase said Tuesday that the resolution comes out of concern that the state is trying to tell the Democratic Party how to conduct its elections. She added that the Washington state Democratic Party has not yet decided on whether it should use a primary or caucuses to select delegates to the national nominating convention.
Chase added that the state party rules committee, which includes Shoreline Councilman Chris Roberts, plans to meet soon to decide how the state party will select delegates to the national convention.
Democratic worries about state takeover of the presidential nominating process comes from a bill that the State Senate passed last week to strengthen the state presidential primary.
The bill would require states to use the primary to choose at least half of their convention delegates in exchange for a declaration of party allegiance.
The agenda also includes discussion of opting out of common-core testing requirements.
Evan Smith can be reached at schsmith@frontier.com.
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