Advisory Opinion 95-19
Date
11/21/1995
Number
95-19
Requester
Tim Martin, Chief Clerk, House of Representatives
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.