First, the good news -- the I-25 signature drive is still on track to gather enough signatures (54,732 valid ones) by the June 20 deadline, only 22 days away.

But "on track" does NOT mean that it's done, it only means that it's ours to lose. The campaign needs every signature. If you have petitions, get every signature from registered King County voters that you can get and return the petition to the campaign by June 10th (address here), even if it has only 1 signature.

Also, the campaign still needs more money to finish the paid signature drive.

Many thanks to the many people who have gathered signatures, donated money and raised money from others. (And I'm told a lot more has come in since the last PDC filing). But now's the time for those who support the concept, but haven't contributed yet, to step up to the plate and help finish the job.

If I-25 succeeds, we have a fair shot at having fair elections in King County. If it fails, then we can only look forward to a replay of recent elections -- corruption and mismangement (or in the words of John McKay, "incompetence" and "stinky, nasty things"), or if you're charitable, "mistakes" that happened to favor one side and were actively concealed from the public. It's nice to have a political party and recruit people to run for office and raise money for their campaigns, but what's the point of doing any of that if there's a culture of corruption in the elections office that favors the other side? Why would any sane person put their lives on hold and run for office when they expect a close contest if the actual election doesn't have enough integrity to fairly decide a close contest? It makes me sad to have to say this, but that's what we're looking at.

But if you believe that fair elections are important, whether you're an ordinary voter or someone who invests time and money to help elect your favorite candidates, then now's the time to help ensure that we can have fair elections again.

Let's get this done. Donate today