Legislative Ethics Board Advisory Opinions
Topic
Identical Newsletters
Issue/Question
LEB Opinion Issue/Question
​Mailing restrictions in an
election year include a limit of two newsletters. All newsletters within each
mailing must be identical as to content. The Board, on its own motion, offers
clarification of "identical newsletters."
Summary
LEB Opinion Summary
​Newsletters in the same mailing may be printed in more than one language. Newsletters in the same mailing may be sent by regular mail and electronic mail. In the latter case, a short explanatory note explaining why the recipient is receiving one form instead of the other is appropriate. Government guides, which are newsletters, may be sent to each county in a multi-county legislative district and they are identical even if they reflect different county officials and county services. RCW 42.52.185.
Document
LEB Advisory Opinion Document