Here are the F-1 financial disclosure forms that the candidates for City Council positions are required to file. A handful have not been filed yet with the Ethics and Elections Commission (they were due two weeks after the candidate filed). I will post the rest as they become available. If …
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Annual financial disclosures for Seattle elected officials
The eleven City of Seattle elected officials — the nine City Councilmembers, the Mayor, and the City Attorney — are required to submit an annual F-1 financial disclosure form by April 15th of each year. Here are their disclosure forms for this year. Mayor Harrell Council President Juarez Councilmember Herbold …
Continue readingDOJ filing opposing unseal affidavit related to Mar-a-Lago search warrant
This afternoon the Department of Justice filed a response to several motions to unseal the affidavit it used to convince a judge to issue a search warrant on Mar-a-Lago. The DOJ opposes unsealing the affidavit, arguing that it has “a compelling, overriding interest in preserving the integrity of an ongoing …
Continue readingThe unsealed Mar-a-Lago search warrant and FBI receipt for materials seized
Today a magistrate judge has ordered unsealed the FBI search warrant for Mar-a-Lago and the FBI’s subsequent receipt for materials it seized.
Continue readingEthics and Elections Commission proposes reforms to democracy voucher program
The Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission, which oversees the Democracy Voucher program, is considering two rules changes for the program in an effort to curb what it considers a “corrosive” practice: paying outside companies to harvest democracy vouchers. The DV harvesters leverage the existence of a simple form that one …
Continue readingDemocracy Voucher Program 2021 Biennial Report
The Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission, which administers the Democracy Voucher Program, has completed its 2021 Biennial Report on the program. Over the 2020-2021 period, the program spent a total of $5,347,010; $3,397,050 in program disbursements to campaigns, and $1,949,960 in administration costs. That’s a 36.4% overhead rate. Participation in …
Continue readingAnnual financial disclosures for Seattle elected officials
Every year the City of Seattle’s elected officials (the Mayor, the City Attorney, and the nine City Councilmembers) are required to submit a form disclosing their financial activity for the previous year: income (including the sources of income), savings, investments, property, and debts (including a list of creditors). The forms …
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