A party next week may definitively prove that youth involvement in politics is not inherently awkward and lame. more ›

Need something to put you in the mood as you fill out your ballot? Check out this awesomely pretty video that the folks at Rogue Scholar put together for the Washington Bus. more ›

Last night's Candidate Survivor was great, but even when Washington Bus isn't putting on epic events, they're still doing good work, mobilizing the youth vote, being kind of sexy--and Tweeting all the while. more ›

What did you do last night? Because we watched City Council incumbents and hopefuls rap, dance, sing, wrap leftovers in foil, dunk and yes, answer tough questions. more ›

In addition to Candidate Survivor, a lot of things happened last night. Among them: Charges in the shooting spree at Muckleshoot Casino and in last weekend's road rage killing, railroads, art theft, gang violence, aggressive bikini-wearing and more money to charity:water in the heartbreaking memory of a 9-year-old girl. more ›

Knocking on someone's door and asking them to vote is a cool activity by itself, but imagine the impact of doing it dressed like Frankenstein (or Anne Bonny! Or He-Man!) and then getting candy afterwards. If the idea of combining trick-or-treating with get-out-the-vote canvassing appeals to you, then Trick or Vote is for you. more ›

That's right--thanks to The Future, your private ballots can become public! As the Slog reports, yesterday local youth-in-politics organization The Washington Bus launched My Ballot, a Facebook application which not only lets you pretend-vote, but also lets you see how your friends have voted (if you look to the left, you can see that I have no friends) and the results of the Facebook election so far. The application gives you a ballot based on the ZIP code you enter. more ›

You may know Seattle comedian Hari Kondabolu from his national performances, his appearances on Jimmy Kimmel Live, or his role in All About Steve. Here, Hari makes a case for approving Referendum R-71, which would preserve domestic partnership rights in Washington: more ›

• This is terrible, but when Seattlest noticed the weird new streetlights on 10th Avenue the other night, we thought, "No need to investigate just yet. Capitol Hill Seattle is probably already on it." And what do you know? They were.
• The Washington Bus has Gary Payton rapping, of course, and an ode to Senator Jeanne Kohl-Welles. The only thing better would be GP rapping about Kohl-Welles on the Washington Bus itself.
• After reading Blogazar's post about Kurt Cobain and today's Capitol Hill, we would like to weigh in: Cobain would probably still live in the neighborhood, but he'd never come out of his apartment. He'd just have Zaw and heroin delivered to him on the daily and have a Twitter account.