Certificates identifying candidates nominated to run in city elections. Elections up through 1910 were partisan and certificates were filed by political parties. Following a charter amendment in 1910, all municipal elections were non-partisan.

Proceedings of the Ballard City Council. Includes vote results by precinct of annual city elections.

Administrative records of Georgetown filed with the City Clerk. Includes bids and proposals, specifications, correspondence, city officials' reports, franchises, petitions, and oaths of office. The bulk of records relate to local improvements, extension of city services, and franchise administration.

Tabulations and official certifications of municipal primary, general, and special elections. Includes oversized tabulations by ward and precinct for 1910-1922. Canvasses by City Council include official vote counts for candidates, and certifications by City Council and King County Elections are official designations of election winners. Also included are sample ballots and a sheet with instructions for voting.

Newspaper clippings of published ordinances and resolutions, mayoral vetoes, election returns, official notices, and other city business. Of particular interest is a published registration list of legal voters in Seattle by ward and precinct for the 1892 election.

An ordinance dividing the city of Southeast Seattle, Washington into three wards

An ordinance regulating and licensing the sale or giving away of intoxicating liquors in the Town of South Park, and fixing and prescribing penalties for the violation thereof.

An ordinance prescribing the notice of elections.

An Ordinance providing for bonding the Town of Ballard.

An ordinance proposing to voters that the Town of Columbia issue bonds to fund valid out-standing warrants and other municipal purposes.

An ordinance proposing to voters the sale of bonds to fund the Water Works system.

An Ordinance providing for the holding of the annual municipal election in the Town of Ballard.

An ordinance regulating notices of elections, appointment of boards of election and regulating their compensation.

An ordinance providing for the contesting of elections in the Town of Columbia and the proceedings therein.

An Ordinance providing for the method of posting election notices, prescribing the period of notice, and providing for the appointment of judges and an inspectors of election and providing that the election laws of the State of Washington in so far as they are applicable to municipal corporations be and they are hereby made a part of the regulations for the municipal election.

An ordinance to amend Section 10 of Ordinance No. 67, entitled "An ordinance providing for the contesting of elections in the Town of Columbia and the proceedings therein."

An Ordinance providing for the holding of the annual municipal election in the City of Ballard.

An ordinance creating an indebtedness against the Town of Columbia, Washington, in the sum of fifty five hundred dollars, for the purpose of the purchasing of the materials for the construction and erection of a plan and system of Water Works for said town to be owned and controlled by said town, etc.

An Ordinance providing for the holding of the annual municipal election of the City of Ballard.

An Ordinance providing for the holding of the annual municipal election in the City of Ballard.

An Ordinance ordering the sale and conveyance to The Seattle Electric Company, its successors and assigns, for the sum of Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000) of the line of street railway now owned by the City of West Seattle, together with the power house lots, power house and all other structures, right and easements composing the municipal street railway plant of said City, and directing the execution and delivery to said Company of a property instrument of conveyance thereof.

An Ordinance to establish and regulate the Fire Department of the City of Ballard.

An ordinance providing for the holding of the annual municipal election in the City of Ballard.

An ordinance dividing the City of Ballard into three wards, and fixing the boundaries of each ward.

An Ordinance to repeal Ordinance No. 199 entitled "An Ordinance dividing the City of Ballard into three wards and fixing the boundary of each ward."

An Ordinance appropriating the members of the City Council to the several wards of the City, according to their population, and prescribing the number of councilman to be elected from each ward, and how nominated and by what vote elected.

An ordinance providing for the holding of the annual municipal election in the City of Ballard.

An Ordinance providing for the Holding of the Annual Municipal Election of the City of Ballard.

An Ordinance to provide for holding an annual municipal election.

An Ordinance providing for the holding of the annual Municipal Election of the City of Ballard, Washington.

An Ordinance providing for the holding of the annual municipal election for the City of Ballard, Washington.

An Ordinance providing for the holding of the annual municipal election for the City of Ballard, Washington.

An Ordinance providing for the issuance and sale of bonds of the City of Ballard in the sum of $2000 for the purpose of extending the sewer system, and providing for the submission thereof, for ratification or rejection to the qualified voters of said City at the ensuing municipal election.

An Ordinance providing for the holding of the annual municipal election for the City of Ballard.

An Ordinance dividing the several wards of the City of Ballard into election precincts and defining the boundaries thereof.

An Ordinance providing for the holding of the annual municipal election for the City of Ballard.

An Ordinance providing for the holding of the annual municipal election for the City of Ballard.

An Ordinance providing for the holding of the annual municipal election for the City of Ballard.

An Ordinance governing the traffic in intoxicating and malt liquors within the City of Ballard and providing penalties for the violation thereof.

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, and reference materials relating to Benson and topics of particular interest to him. Major subjects include parks and recreation, traffic and transportation, and the Westlake Mall Project, the Downtown Seattle Transit Project, the University District Transportation Program, the Waterfront Streetcar, gun control, land use, and solid waste disposal.

Administrative records of South Park filed with the City Clerk. Materials include contracts, claims, bonds, correspondence, city officials' reports, oaths of office, petitions, and tax statements. Records relate to local improvements, franchise operations, elections, and licensing of saloons and sporting exhibitions.

Official voters' pamphlets for primary, general, and special elections that include contests in which Seattle residents cast votes. Includes statements by candidates, text of measures, and statements of support and opposition. Spanish and Chinese editions exist for many years; in later years, Korean and Vietnamese editions were added. Pamphlets for 1980-1982 are missing.