Employers or labor organizations may not increase the compensation offered an officer or employee with the intention that such compensation would be used for political purposes. Likewise no employer or labor organization may discriminate against an officer or employee for failure to support or oppose a candidate, ballot proposition, political party, or political committee.
Sponsor identification requirements for political advertising are determined by who the sponsor is and what kind of ad is running. We will take you through those requirements.
Determining who is the sponsor
The sponsor of a political ad — the committee or other person paying for the ad — usually must be identified. If a person acts as an agent for someone else or is reimbursed for the funds actually used to pay for the ad, the original source of the payment (or the person doing the reimbursing) is the sponsor.
Political advertising definition
Political advertising must meet certain standards under state law. We've collected information that candidates, political committees, and others need to know.
First, let's explain what kind of advertising is covered:
Background
Washington State voters enacted contribution limits in 1992 by approving Initiative 134. The Public Disclosure Commission enforces these limits and has the authority to make inflationary adjustments at the beginning of even numbered years. Only the Legislature or the voters, through the initiative process, can make other changes to contribution limits, such as expanding or eliminating them.
Cite as PDC Interpretation No. 09-01