March 2018 Research

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  Weekend Reading 3/30/2018

  The March for Our Lives, village-less mothers, and more.

  Mar 30, 2018
  March 30, 2018

  Aven Frey

  https://www.sightline.org/profile/avenfrey/

  

  Senior Development Associate
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  What Is the Necessity Defense, and What Are Its Limits?

  It's a defense that goes back centuries, but has recently been mentioned in cases involving environmental activists.

  Mar 29, 2018
  March 29, 2018

  Michael Mayer

  https://www.sightline.org/profile/michaelmayer/

  
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  Who Decides If Robots Can Drive?

  It shouldn’t be the companies racing to build them.

  Mar 29, 2018
  Daniel Malarkey

  https://www.sightline.org/profile/danielmalarkey/

  
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  Spring Update from the Thin Green Line

  End of the line for oil trains, coal is still collapsing, and Tacoma LNG gets hot.

  Mar 28, 2018
  March 28, 2018

  Eric de Place

  https://www.sightline.org/profile/eric-de-place/

  
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  Ranked-Choice Voting Protects Voters’ Voices by Increasing Participation in Each Round

  Voters are more likely to rank multiple candidates in one election than to "vote for one" in multiple elections.

  Mar 27, 2018
  March 27, 2018

  Margaret Morales

  https://www.sightline.org/profile/margaretmorales/

  
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  RCV Increases Voter Participation, Which Far Outweighs Small Uptick in Voter Error

  Overvoting and undervoting are not as pronounced in ranked-choice voting compared to plurality voting.

  Mar 26, 2018
  March 26, 2018

  Margaret Morales

  https://www.sightline.org/profile/margaretmorales/

  
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  Weekend Reading 3/23/2018

  The case against Facebook, remembering Rachel Carson, and more.

  Mar 23, 2018
  March 23, 2018

  Aven Frey

  https://www.sightline.org/profile/avenfrey/

  

  Senior Development Associate
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  A Baby Step toward Revamping Single-Family Zoning

  Seattle’s plan to allow more homes near transit and shops doesn’t go far enough.

  Mar 22, 2018
  March 22, 2018

  Dan Bertolet

  https://www.sightline.org/profile/danbertolet/

  

  Senior Director, Housing and Cities
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  Better Voting Systems Boost Turnout

  And they do so even more than the typical strategies you’ve probably heard about.

  Mar 21, 2018
  March 21, 2018

  Margaret Morales

  https://www.sightline.org/profile/margaretmorales/

  
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  The Collapse of Coal Self-Bonding

  New restrictions and increased vigilance have shrunk self-bonding to just a fraction of its former prominence.

  Mar 20, 2018
  March 20, 2018

  Clark Williams-Derry

  https://www.sightline.org/profile/clark-williams-derry/

  
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