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City of Everett Proposition 265: publish public notices on city website

On the ballot in
City of Everett
Vote
Yes or no
Election
Nov 3, 2026

The question, as printed on the ballot

City of Everett Proposition No. 265 Amendment to Eight Sections of the Everett City Charter The Amendments to Sections 3.4, 3.5, 4.13, 11.6, 13.9, 15.5, 16.2, and 16.3 would modernize how the City provides the public notice by allowing the City to publish those notices, appointments, ordinances and proposed ordinances, proposed initiatives and referenda, bid advertisements, and franchise on City's website instead of requiring this information to be published in a newspaper, while also having this information available in the office of the City Clerk for examination by the public. Should these amendments to the Everett City Charter be enacted into law?

A “Yes” vote means

The city could publish notices, ordinances, bid advertisements and similar items on its website instead of a newspaper, with copies at the City Clerk's office.

A “No” vote means

The charter would continue to require these notices and ordinances to be published in a newspaper.

Official plain English statement

The City of Everett's Charter requires the City to have a Charter Review Committee to review the City Charter every 10 years to make recommendations to the City Council for proposed amendments. The Council can adopt those suggestions or modify those suggestions and have then proposed amendments placed on the ballot or reject the Committee's suggestions. The Charter, originally adopted in 1968, currently requires the City to publish certain notices, appointments, ordinances and proposed ordinances, proposed initiatives and referenda, bid advertisements, and franchise agreements in the newspaper. Proposition 265 would adopt the Charter Committee's recommendations to modernize the Charter by revising those requirements by allowing the City to publish these materials on its website, while also having this information available in the office of the City Clerk for examination by the public.

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