Sarah Rothenbuhler: Alleged violations of RCW 42.17A.235 & .240 for failure to timely and accurately disclose expenditures on reports (EY24 OCT24)

Case

#160973

Respondent

Sarah Rothenbuhler

Complainant

Conner Edwards

Description

The complaint alleged failure to timely file C-4 (expenditure) Reports.

Based on staff’s review, we found the following:

Respondent’s preliminary response indicated that they did not raise or spend any funds and did not believe there were any reports due to file.
The Respondent did not win the general election
The Respondent does not have previous warnings or violations of PDC requirements.

Summary and Resolution

The violations of PDC laws and rules made by Sarah Rothenbuhler are remediable in nature and do not warrant further investigation or enforcement action. The expenditure(s) or contribution(s) involved totaled no more than the contribution limits set forth in RCW 42.17A.405(2) or $1,000, and the violations were inadvertent and minor and otherwise have been cured. They did not materially harm the public interest beyond the harm to the policy of Chapter 42.17A RCW inherent in any violation.

Sarah Rothenbuhler was a candidate who lost the election and did not receive aggregate contributions over the amount set forth in RCW 42.17A.005(46)(d)(ii)(B) per election during the campaign.

Based on this information, the PDC finds that no further action is warranted and has dismissed this matter as a remediable violation in accordance with RCW 42.17A.755(1).

Disposition

Resolved as Remedial Violation

Date Opened

October 22, 2024

Areas of Law

RCW 42.17A.235, RCW 42.17A.240