Legislative Ethics Board Advisory Opinions

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Type
Advisory Opinion
Date
11/21/1995
Number
95-19
Topic
Mailing - Election Year
Issue/Question

Election year mailings are examined to determine if they may be sent at public expense.

Summary

At the time of this opinion, the statute in question was RCW 42.17.132 - it is now 42.52.185.  The purpose of mailing restrictions is to reduce incumbent legislators election advantage during the last year of their legislative term of office.  Most of this opinion is devoted to crafting legislative responses to constituents in such a way so that those responses will not violate the newsletter mailing restrictions.

Document
Review Outcome and Date
Reviewed in June 2022 and retained. See Advisory Opinion 2021 – No. 1