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Rebecca Roadman: Alleged violation of RCW 42.17A.320 for failure to provide proper sponsor identification on political advertising (EY25 OCT25)
Rebecca Roadman: Alleged violation of RCW 42.17A.320 for failure to provide proper sponsor identification on political advertising (EY25 OCT25)
Case
#180560
Respondent
Rebecca Roadman
Complainant
James Robert Morrison Harris
Description
The Public Disclosure Commission (PDC) completed its review of a complaint filed with the PDC.
Applicable Laws and Rules
Per RCW 42.17A.320, all written political advertising, whether relating to candidates or ballot propositions, shall include the sponsor's name and address. The use of an assumed name for the sponsor of electioneering communications, independent expenditures, or political advertising shall be unlawful. For partisan office, if a candidate has expressed a party or independent preference on the declaration of candidacy, that party or independent designation shall be clearly identified in electioneering communications, independent expenditures, or political advertising.
WAC390-18-010, 020, 030, and 040 further outline requirements for sponsor identification on political advertising.
Background and Findings
Rebecca Roadman is registered with the PDC as a candidate for School Director for Hood Canal School District 404 in the 2025 election.
On October 23, 2025, the PDC received a complaint regarding possible unreported expenditures for yard signs or an unregistered committee named "Supporting Friends of Rebecca Roadman" with the same post office box listed for the Roadman campaign and identified as the sponsor on yard signs supporting the Roadman campaign.
Ms. Roadman confirmed that she paid for the signs and the sponsor name and address disclosed was added by her.
PDC staff noted that although the signs did not use the same committee name identified on the Roadman's campaign registration and the size of the ID may not have met the required size requirement of at least ten percent of the largest font used, the signs did include complete sponsor identification.
Ms. Roadman's committee is registered under the "Mini Reporting" option, and therefore are not required to file detailed reports of campaign expenditures.
Rebecca Roadman has no prior PDC Warnings or Violations.
Summary and Resolution
Having reviewed the complaint and the supporting evidence, PDC staff has determined that you appear to have violated RCW 42.17A. After consideration of all the circumstances, further proceedings would not serve the purposes of the Fair Campaign Practices Act. Under WAC 390-37-070, the executive director, at any time prior to consideration by the Commission, may dismiss a complaint which on its face, or as shown by investigation, provides reason to believe that a violation has occurred, but also shows that the respondent is in substantial compliance with the relevant statutes or rules, or shows that formal enforcement action is not warranted.
Based on this, the PDC has dismissed this matter in accordance with RCW 42.17A.755(1) and WAC 390-37-060(1)(d). PDC staff is reminding Rebecca Roadman about the importance of providing sponsor identification on political advertising printed in the applicable size and to ensure that the sponsor name is also disclosed on your campaign registration. Ms. Roadman is expected to comply with PDC statutes and rules in the future.
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