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Local Public Officials
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Elected officials who work locally include county council members, city council members, the county executive, mayors, and special district commissioners. (Regional, state, and national officials like judges and representatives to the state legislature and national congress may also have local offices to keep in touch with constituents, but these individuals are not strictly speaking local officials.) All these people also appoint or hire others to assist in doing the work of government. |
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Who is my mayor (or state representative, or water district commissioner, or other official)?
Each year the League publishes a free directory of elected officials called They Represent You!. Anyone who lives in Snohomish County can use this directory to find out the name, contact information, and term expiration for elected officials at all levels of government. If you live in another county, but only work here, the League for that county probably publishes a similar directory for you. |
Read it online |
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Can I contact everyone listed in the League's directory?
There is little to stop you from doing that. For example, look at the TRY listing of Snohomish County council members. You can call any county council member at 425-388-3494 (you will talk to their administrative assistant), or you can send them email individually at the addresses listed. However, it is a fact that, as participants in a representative system of government, many elected officials pay much closer attention to communications from constituents of their district than to people who live outside their district. All of this depends on circumstances, on personalities, and on experience and judgment. |
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But which districts do I live in?
Good question! Your voter registration card has all that information conveniently listed on it. However, the information on your card could be out of date, as many district boundaries were changed as a result of the 2000 census.
If the information on your card is old, or if you do not know where your voter registration card is, or if you have not registered to vote, you can still find out what should be on it. To do this, you can either go to the Snohomish County website and look up all the information on your voter registration card, or you can call the Snohomish County Auditor's Office and have them look it up for you. Snohomish County residents may be eligible to vote in some or all of the jurisdictions listed below.
- Port
- City Council, other
- Water and Sewer
- Courts
- Fire
- School
- Snohomish County Council, other (See the auditor's maps page)
- State Legislature, other
- U.S. Congress
- possibly others
What other personal circumstances affect my ability to vote?
Have you registered to vote? Are you a citizen of the United States? Are you of voting age? Are you in the armed services?
Have you ever been convicted of a felony? The answers to these and other questions help to determine your right to cast a vote in the next election. Take a look at our Voting FAQ for further details (the League's Voting FAQ is here).
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