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Whatcom Election Reserves Fund

Fund 1150 (formerly Fund 109) accounts for Whatcom County's election administration reserves, smoothing year-over-year cost variation between presidential-cycle and off-year elections. Funded primarily by a small ...

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About this fund

Fund 1150 (formerly Fund 109) accounts for Whatcom County's election administration reserves, smoothing year-over-year cost variation between presidential-cycle and off-year elections. Funded primarily by a small property-tax allocation ("Whatcom County — Election Reserve" on the tax bill).

Authorization

The legal basis for the fund.

RCW citation: RCW 36.40 (county budget); RCW 29A.04 (election administration)

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Discussed in meetings

Real Briefings that mention this fund.
Dec 09, 2025
Whatcom County's Finance and Administrative Services Committee concluded its 2025 work with an end-of-year marathon session, processing 42 consent items totaling millions in contracts and agreements while receiving ...

Methodology note

Real Record tracks Fund 1150 as the Election Reserves Fund.

Sources: Whatcom County adopted budgets and Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports (CAFRs); Chart of Accounts; Real Briefings meeting coverage. Real Record renders the published fund data in plain language; we don't change the numbers. Where the source publishes a different classification than ours, both are shown.