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The Public Disclosure Commission is offering support for the goals of a Seattle proposal that would limit contributions to independent-expenditure political committees and bar donations from foreign-included companies.

In a letter to… read more

If you hold an elected office and you're running for office, by state law, you can't ask government employees serving under you for contributions. You can take a contribution if they give you one, but you can't ask, and you can't have someone else ask for you.

The Public Disclosure Commission has adopted emergency rules to implement agency-request legislation passed by the 2019 Legislature.

SHB 1195 took effect immediately upon being signed by Gov. Jay Inslee on May 21.

The legislation, which was the product of public and stakeholder… read more

The Public Disclosure Commission is seeking public comment on proposed permanent rules that would help implement 2019 legislation that clarified some areas of the state's campaign finance disclosure law, enacted reforms to make reporting easier and more useful, and improved the public's access… read more

The Public Disclosure Commission is seeking public comment on proposed permanent rules that would help implement 2019 legislation that clarified some areas of the state's campaign finance disclosure law, enacted reforms to make reporting easier and more useful, and improved the public's access… read more

The Public Disclosure Commission, in addition to testimony taken at a Sept. 26 hearing, received several written comments on the permanent rules it proposed in response to 2019 legislation.

The rules would help administer and promote compliance with new laws that made changes to campaign… read more

When you register a candidate's election campaign or a political committee, you chose full or mini reporting. A candidate who chooses mini submits only one other document, the F-1 personal financial affairs statement. A political committee that picks mini reporting has no additional reports to… read more

The amount that a political party may donate to your election campaign depends on how many registered voters there are in the jurisdiction where you're running. If you don't have that number entered into ORCA, even a $1 contribution will make ORCA say that they gave too much.

If you're… read more

Candidates for port districts face contribution limits many for the first time under a new state law that takes effect July 28

House Bill 1375 removes the population threshold that currently determines which port districts are subject to contribution limits. That threshold 200,000… read more

If you file for a candidate or a political committee, our website may ask you to log in to your SAW account. SAW stands for Secure Access Washington. SAW allows you to securely file data with many Washington state agencies. If you already have a SAW account, use that one for your PDC filing… read more