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We are seeking a charter change creating seven districts (click on our map for your district and its boundaries) while retaining two at-large seats. Every four years, you’ll pick a councilmember living in your district who works to represent you and your community’s specific needs. Two years later (and at the same time, when we elect a Mayor and City Attorney, you’ll elect your two “at large” councilmembers elected by all voters city-wide. In this way you’ll actually have at least one councilmember on the Council at all times representing you. Take a look at the text of our initiative, map of each district, download the petition and help circulate it!

State Senator Jeanne Kohl-Welles
State Senator Maralyn Chase
State Rep. Mary Lou Dickerson
County Councilmember
Rod Dembowski
Yusef Cabdi
David Bloom
Alice Woldt
Faye Garneau
Toby Thaler
Eugene Wasserman
John V. Fox
Geov Parrish
Suzie Burke
Richard Kelley
Justin Simmons
Cleve Stockmeyer
Knoll Lowney
Diane Snell
Betty Means
Jeff Smith

Seattle is among the last cities in the country with over 500,000 residents without district elections.

Government officials are too removed from their citizens unless there is at least one elected official who actually lives in and speaks for the citizens and the district's needs.

At budget time or when other critical decisions are made affecting your area, a 7-2 system means you’ll have someone who specifically represents your area while retaining councilmembers representing the whole city – the best of both worlds.

Too often, local neighborhood needs – public safety, small business concerns, infrastructure (roads, sidewalks, and bridges), parks – get ignored while powerful constituencies & special interests are lavished with attention.

District representation ensures a fair distribution of benefits and costs of public actions and policies.

Each district holds about 50,000 voters. This allows grassroots candidates and the replacement of unresponsive incumbents with good old fashion legwork and people power.

By contrast, under the existing citywide system, you need $250,000-$300,000 just to match the incumbent’s war chest and get your message out to city’s 600,000 residents.

Too many qualified grassroots candidates are beaten before they even start.