Last night the Thurston County Democratic Central Committee (Precinct Committee Officers and their proxies) pass a resolution in support of holding a presidential primary next year. Currently, the state party chooses our delegates to the national convention by a caucus system, but an open primary would allow more people to participate.
The resolution passed with 25 votes. I didn't catch the exact number of nay votes, but it seemed about less than half of the yes votes.
This coming weekend, the state central committee will meet and decide whether we'll choose our delegates through a primary, caucus or a combination of the two.
One thing I did learn last night, Washington is the largest state that still chooses delegates through a caucus system.
UPDATE: I added some
thoughts here.
