Can I bring my dog into the Caucus location? I want to know if Caucusing can be part of our morning/afternoon walk tomorrow or now.

I'm wondering why other Bernie supporters are comfortable with, and why Bernie is comfortable with, an AWB v2.0? How does banning rifles stop the recent mass shootings? Do folks really think of all AR-15/AK-47 owners as potential killers now? Thank goodness they're doing something about this scourge of people that passed NICS background checks at their local FFL gun dealers?

Looking at the big picture as objectively as I can:

• Small fraction of homicides are from these rifles

• The AR-15 is the most popular rifle in the nation

• Vast majority of owners are law abiding and not homicidal

• But the DNC really wants a new Assault Weapon Ban

• Therefore let's ban and confiscate these rifles anyway?

Trying really hard to understand the desire to disarm ourselves, in the face of fascism rising in our own backyards. How does laying down our armaments prevent well-armed conservatives from walking all over us? Deterrents don't work to prevent violence without the option on the table. We protect us, because the establishment doesn't like socialists all that much. We need those deterrents to stay safe.

Bernie got screwed by the DNC in 2016, and now he's 100% willing to call himself a democrat and tow the narrative? Where is the bold and better plan from the independent candidate, thrown in the face of standing shoulder to shoulder with competition that's still using the same, worn out ideas? I want Bernie mad because he has the better plan.

Lynnwood, Mountlake Terrace, Kenmore, Bothell, Woodinville, Lake Forest Park, Kirkland, etc.

I'd like to do some team canvassing if possible. Talking with people about him, handing out fliers, and getting people excited enough to go caucus for him when the time comes. Stuff like that. I know that there were Hillary folk at the Seattle Center during the Gay Pride Event, though I don't know how successful they were.

I understand why some of you may want to call super delegates and get them to change their votes and thats fine but please keep it civil. However, If you search super delegate at the main /r/SandersForPresident sub you will see that time and time again they have asked to focus on making calls to potential voters over our local superdelegates. The reason they pose for this is as follows:

Suppose that the party leaders choose to douse themselves in the gasoline of popular disenfranchisement and light up the cigar of whatever would appropriately extend this metaphor. In that case, the campaign itself will lobby, and then call on us when the time is right for those superdelegates who might be swayed by public pressure. But to contact superdelegates months before this unlikeliest of possibilities could arise is insanity. Ever heard of the backfire effect? Or the “Berniebros” narrative? Don’t feed into the media spin cycle! Read above what happened in 2008 when the Internet tried to lobby superdelegates. If one person screws it up and a media story gets made, then you can kiss the viability of that strategy goodbye in the remote scenario that it would be required. Source.

Look at the posts on Congressman Larsons page on Facebook and tell me that doesn't feed into the 'Berniebros' narrative and makes us look out like tea-partiers by the media. For me the sad thing is that these posts are focused primarily on him, I checked on my rep, Suzanne DelBene and her page only has a two or three people reaching out to her. Meanwhile certain posts on Larsons page are reaching into several thousand likes.

We must understand that Bernie is already meeting with superdelegates and may get them to switch. When they do not listen to him, especially in states where he's won a clear majority, we will be notified to contact them and approach them. I believe we should wait until this time because our efforts are better spent phone banking and focusing on New York, Pennsylvania and California. These three states along with possibly New Jersey are critical on the path to the nomination and when we have an actual majority, these superdelegates will have no choice but to switch as they did in 2008.

TL;DR Don't harass superdelegates like people did to Representative Larson's Facebook page. The mods in the main sub have told us since NH to wait until after we are notified by the campaign to contact superdelegates or it supports the "berniebro narrative." Bernie is behind and he can only get a majority by winning New York, Pennsylvania and California so focus your attention on phone banking.

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I am in Denny Hecks district. I live in one of the poorest neighborhoods, I have worked and lived in this district for close to ten years now. Until becoming disabled I was a truck driver, so maybe I can be a face in the congress of infrastructure, and conditions of the nations roads.

I am reading about filing fees act. Maybe some lawyer or former campaign manager willing to help out a plucky upstart.

I haven't requested it to them yet, but I would like to request the unofficial campaign team (who are just regular people as far as I know) if they would be interested in informal and unofficial debates between members of the Sanders camp and themselves.

I figure they are regular people who happen to think Hillary is the best candidate. I think we can shatter that.

Just state your city. This will hopefully be helpful in the coming weeks as/if we organize in our own ranks and groups. Chances are the Sanders campaign won't have an official staffing office is Washington state.

And this could also be helpful for carpooling for any of you outside King County. And if you live in Seattle, then neighborhood might be easier to get an idea.

I don't know how many have been to caucus, most people I know have not and don't know how they work or where to even go. I have signed up for the free online class to get a feel about how it works in Iowa. When I found about this class I contacted the head for polysci at the U of W... never heard back from him. Caucus in Washington March 26th 10am on a Saturday. To find out where to go to caucus go the Sec of State website.

Hearing you can stop by one of the campaign offices and get yard signs? I grabbed a Bernie yard sign back in August at Hempfest. Unfortunately the windstorm that came through last week broke the bottom part of the sign, the metal part snapped off. Was thinking of ordering one off the website but am afraid it won't get here before the caucus. Would love to stop by and grab a sign!

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Big thanks goes to /u/greenascanbe - /u/daychilde for putting all the energy into safely reserving the state sub-reddits for grassroots and getting them jump-started in swift a fashion. I personally desired to see a rich supply of locally relevant content and an archive of educational information... After my initial confusion I got into contact with /u/greenascanbe who has been great and granted me the opportunity to get started on content, presentation and the initial stages of getting this sub organized.

The core focus of the community's appearance is to stay relatively synonymous with /r/SandersForPresident, but minor changes have been made to both represent Washington State & reduce visual clutter (which I spent way too much personal time working on.) There are a few (less important) changes left to make and a bug or two to tidy things up.

As far as moderation goes, my interests are content and presentation. At the very least I'd like to bring someone on board who is community oriented.

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Hopefuly this is something everyone will be able to comprehend, as it's a tool to help us organize and recognize eachother. Everyone may customize their flair in the sidebar to the right of this sub-reddit.

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This community is going to grow as the Bernie Sanders campaign moves forward and word of mouth spreads, people will get curious and eager to engage. At this time, no content or discussion rules beyond reddiquette are initialy being adopted. What would Bernie do?

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Most of the wiki is open to modification by the public. It will remain so as long as abuse remains absent.

I encourage anyone to contribute to the wiki, as I myself am not omni-potent. No single person can supply all the information, nor accurately at that. EDIT: Oops, fixed permissions.

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Everyone is encouraged to engage on the Washington, city & county sub-reddits about Bernie Sanders. Feel free to take advantage of the /r/WashingtonForSanders resources in an educational manner.

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I think that just about covers it.

Yours, Scarcer