Can Washington Actually Stop Wealthy Political Campaigns from Violating Rules?

Last week, Washington’s Public Disclosure Commission (PDC) issued $20,000 in fines against Let’s Go Washington (LGW), the political action committee supporting all four state initiatives on November’s ballot. The PDC says Let’s Go Washington violated two separate campaign finance laws: it “failed to report subvendors used by signature gathering firms and failed to produce campaign records when requested by the PDC.”

The $20,000 fine is the heaviest punishment the PDC could impose on the campaign ($10,000 per violation) without referring the case to the Attorney General’s Office for prosecution

Not a lot of buck for quite a bit of bang: The Public Disclosure Commission received its first complaint against

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