Snohomish County Proposition No. 4 - Increasing Public Access to County Financial Transparency
November 3, 2026 · Snohomish County, Washington · County
How do we calculate vote impact?
Vote impact = representation (how much weight one vote carries here, the smaller the district's population, the higher the representation) + decisiveness (how likely this race is to be close, based on past results and number of candidates).
Representation: Low · 14 out of 100
This district is large for its type, so each vote is a smaller slice of the outcome. About 844,430 people live here.
score = 100 × ln(largest population ÷ this district's) ÷ ln(largest ÷ smallest), rounded to 2 decimals = 100 × ln(2,287,171 ÷ 844,430) ÷ ln(2,287,171 ÷ 2,353) = 14.48, comparing counties in WA (grades: 66+ high, 33+ average, otherwise low)
Ballot measure: +1 step
Your vote sets the policy directly, so the rating gets a one-step boost.
Low representation + a ballot-measure boost → Average vote impact.
Ballot Measure
Anti-Corruption (for), Corporate Accountability (for), Government Efficiency (for)
Adds a County Financial Transparency section requiring public, searchable, downloadable access without a fee to legally available county financial information, including funding purposes, amounts, recipients, agreement terms, responsible departments, budget lines, and permissible audit or oversight findings. Implementation may be phased and should use existing or modernized systems while minimizing duplicate reporting.
A YES vote means
A yes vote adds the financial-transparency mandate to Article 6 and requires the county to publish the specified information when reasonably practicable.
A NO vote means
A no vote leaves the charter without the proposed searchable and downloadable financial-transparency requirement, while existing disclosure laws and county practices remain in place.
Read the official measure text
Source: snohomishcountywa.gov
Source: snohomishcountywa.gov
Election sources
Source: snohomishcountywa.gov
Source: snohomishcountywa.gov
Source: snohomishcountywa.gov