elections

  • Election Resources and Accessible Voting at SPL

    Election Resources and Accessible Voting at SPL

    With less than three weeks to go before Election Day on November 5, 2024, the Library has registration events, booklists, and other informational resources to help inform you on the voting process. Don’t forget to check out this list of Election Resources on the library website for ballot box locations, lists of elected officials, and… Continue reading

  • Elections Can Be Funny

    Sometimes you just have to laugh, no? Check out these comic novels that revolve around elections, from our literary elections list.  Amanda Wakes Up, by Alisyn Camerota. Amanda Gallo hits the big time when she lands a news anchor job with the FAIR network, only to find their decidedly unfair election coverage is wreaking havoc… Continue reading

  • Chill Out With These Election Thrillers

    Chill Out With These Election Thrillers

    Is it over yet? It may seem counterintuitive amid election suspense to dip into a white-knuckle political thriller, but for many of us a great thriller is just the catharsis we need. From our list of literary elections, here are some riveting reads. Black Swan Rising, by Lisa Brackmann.Investigating the background of the man who… Continue reading

  • Classic Literary Elections

    Packed with high stakes and inherent drama, it is little surprise that elections figure in many great novels. Drawn from our latest list of literary elections, here are excerpts from a few of our favorites classic fictional campaigns. The Pickwick Papers, by Charles Dickens. “There was a moment of awful suspense as the procession waited… Continue reading

  • Three on a Theme: Films About Elections

    With the 2020 elections on the horizon and dominating the news cycle, it is a great time to engage with media that focus on various aspects of electoral politics. Here are three documentary films, available for free with your library card to stream on Kanopy, that tell specific lesser-known election stories from the United States… Continue reading

  • The 2016 Elections: Library Resources

    The mission of The Seattle Public Library is to bring people, information and ideas together to enrich lives and build community. We value equality, inclusion and openness and strive to be welcoming safe spaces. No matter what the current events are locally and beyond, the Library provides a collection of materials to patrons of all ages,… Continue reading

  • Election Season: Required Viewing

    It’s safe to say that this election season is shaping up to be unlike any other in recent memory. Candidates are angry. Voters are angry, and frustrated. These three films – two features and a documentary – help us understand how we’ve gotten to this point. Continue reading

  • To the Polls! The Municipal News and Historic Seattle Elections

    ~posted by Jade Just in time for election season, we’ve launched our Municipal News Digital Collection featuring nearly 100 years of issues from 1911 to 2010. Produced by the Municipal League of Seattle, the news provides insight on hot button civic issues of the day such as prohibition, dance halls, desegregation, the Alaskan Way Viaduct and… Continue reading

  • What do GMO labels, petition signatures and excise taxes have in common?

    They are all initiative measures on the 2013 ballot. If you are a registered Washington State voter, you will be asked to weigh in on each of these soon. The election is only three weeks away, do you feel informed and ready? The Washington Secretary of State’s Online Voters’ Guide is a great official source… Continue reading