The Commission repeals its 1992 interpretation and adopts the following: For purposes of RCW 42.17A.420(1), "within 21 days of a general election" means the period beginning at 12:01 a.m. PST on the third Tuesday before the general election held in November and ending at 11:59 p.m. PST on the day before the election.
For purposes of RCW 42.17A.565, as amended by section 24 of ESSB 5684, does the term "local official" include an employee of a local agency or does it only apply to local elected officials?
Party preference must be included in any form of advertising about a candidate seeking election to a partisan office, regardless of who sponsors the ad.
Official symbols or logos adopted by the state committee of the party may be used to indicate a candidate's party preference in political advertisements instead of words. Acceptable abbreviations that may be used for party preference are:
Communist: Com
Constitution: CP
The Public Disclosure Commission is soliciting comment on a proposed interpretation to provide guidance for the designation and use of surplus campaign funds, as required under RCW 42.17A.430.
The Commission heard four enforcement cases involving late or missing Personal Financial Affairs (F-1) reports. Officials in each of the four cases had previous violations on record.
In each case, PDC staff sent multiple emails and other communications in an attempt to make filers aware of their most recent missing reports.
Your election campaign or political committee may wish to have a fundraiser with other candidates or committees. That's OK. You just need to pay attention to a few details.
A candidate's campaign can't donate to another candidate or to a political committee. One exception: You can donate surplus funds to a party committee.