The Washington Public Disclosure Commission is unveiling some new campaign finance tools on its website. Agency spokeswoman Lori Anderson said in an announcement the new features include “at-a-glance contribution and expenditure totals,” integration of candidate and third-party financial data and “easy comparisons of opposing candidates’ data.’’ The PDC web site is at www.pdc.wa.gov.
Mynorthwest.com reports: A U.S. Supreme Court decision is a victory for former insurance commissioner Deborah Senn in a dispute over ads that ran against her campaign for attorney general. The court declined Monday to hear the case. That allows a state Supreme Court ruling last year to stand. The court said a political committee backed […]
The Supreme Court’s opinion in Washington State Grange v. Washington Republican Party et al. has prompted the Washington Public Disclosure Commission to provide interim guidance with three temporary measures outlined in a recent memorandum. Some news organizations are covering these fluid issues.