2008 State Convention Platform and resolutions
What is the State Convention about? Seeing our great candidates? Experiencing the excitement of the election year? Schmoozing?
It's about all of those things, but its also about work!
Delegates to the State Convention get a chance to shape the Democratic Party by passing a new Party platform and resolutions. The Platform and resolutions describe what the Party believes in and are the guiding principles for our candidates and activists.
Click here to view the Platform passed at the 2008 State Convention on June 14th.
The following resolutions, grouped according to Platform planks, were also passed by State Convention delegates. Click here for an index of all resolutions submitted for the State Convention.
Preamble
Res. 97 - Creation of a Task Force to Review the 2008 Precinct Caucus Process
Res. 352 - Reduce the Influence of Unpledged Delegates
Agriculture
No resolutions passed
Corporate Power and Media Reform
Res. 007 - Corporate Powers Resolution
Res. 106 - Media Consolidation
Res. 128 - Resolution Against Privatization
Res. 194 - Holding Corporations Accountable
Ecomonic Justice and Development
Res. 001 - Tanker Contract Resolution
Res. 107 - Credit Card Language
Res. 217 - Assistance to Home Owners
Res. 237 - Resolution on Credit Scores
Res. 244 - Resolution on Social Security
Res. 284 - Resolution on the AMT
Res. 333 - Full Funding of Social Security
Res. 378 - Resolution on Usury Rates
Res. 401 - Repealing the Bush Tax Cuts
Res. 423 - Washington State Tax Structure
Education
Res. 275 - Community College Faculty Pay
Res. 382 - Increasing Access to Higher Education
Res. 397 - Traffic Safety Education Funding
Energy and Environment
Res. 92 - Climate Change Resolution
Res. 176 - LNG Tankers on the Columbia
Res. 196 - Resolution on Environmental Carcinogens
Res. 224 - Supporting Hanford Cleanup
Res. 380 - Resolution on a Deposit-Refund System
Foreign Policy
Res. 088 - Ending the Occupation of Iraq
Res. 096 - Diplomacy with Iran
Res. 104 - Banning Cluster Bombs
Res. 125 - Lifting the Cuba Embargo
Res. 129 - Supporting Fair Trade
Res. 255 - Anti-Torture Resolution
Res. 358 - Abolishing Nuclear Weapons
Government and Political Reform
Res. 016 - Restoration of Voting Rights
Res. 085 - Clean Elections Resolution
Res. 094 - War Funding Transparency
Res. 095 - Resolution on Election Integrity
Res. 098 - Resolution on Establishing a Department of Peace
Res. 103 - Smaller Precinct Size
Res. 359 - Rebalancing the National Security Budget
Health Care
Res. 232 - Resolution on the Safe Disposal of Medication
Res. 340 - Resolution for a Universal Publicly Funded National Health Program
Res. 343 - Resolution on Population Control
Res. 435 - Resolution Regarding Prescription Privacy
Human Rights, Civil Rights and Human Services
Res. 117 - Citizenship Checks on Anacortes Ferry
Res. 164 - Eradicating Child Abuse
Res. 228 - Patriot Act Resolution
Res. 262 - Full Resoration of Habeas Corpus
Res. 280 - Ending Homelessness
Res. 354 - Banning Armed Private Security
Immigration
Res. 105 - Resolution on Immigration
Indian Tribes and Sovereignty
No resolutions passed
Labor
Res. 174 - Employee Free Choice Act
Res. 249 - Resolution on Maternity Leave
Res. 293 - EIC for Working Seniors
Res. 361 - Resolution on Drug Tests
Res. 415 - Resolution on Paid Vacation
Law and Justice
Res. 031 - End Three-Strikes Law
Res. 066 - Support Gun Control
Res. 100 - End Racial Profiling
Res. 143 - Resolution on Presidential Impeachment
Res. 238 - Marijuana Law Reform
Res. 241 - Legalization of Industrial Hemp Cultivation
Res. 263 - Restoration of Congressional Oversight
Res. 363 - Resolution on the the Taking of Private Land
Res. 402 - Allowing and Regulating Internet Gaming
Military
Res. 071 - National Security Privatization
Res. 072 - Support for Veterans
Res. 357 - Resolution on the Use of Uranium
Transportation
Res. 074 - Transportation Problems
Res. 307 - Increasing Infrastructure Spending
Res. 329 - Resolution on Roads
Res. 439 - Rail Service in Eastern Washington
The Platform and resolutions presented at the State Convention were first processed by Platform and Resolutions Committee, which was made up of representatives from each county and legislative district organization. Click here to view the rules related to submitting Platform amendments and resolutions, which are in section 16.A
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