Legislative Ethics Board Complaint Opinions
Topic
Use of public resources to assist a campaign
Question/Complaint
LEB Opinion Question/Complaint
May campaign literature provide the address for official legislative websites without violating RCW 42.52.180?
Summary
LEB Opinion Summary
The answer is yes. The Board affirmed earlier opinions which held there is a narrow class of legislative contact points which cannot be used in campaign literature, and official legislative websites are not in this class. The Board also summarized the law on the analogous issue of links from campaign websites to official legislative websites. The complaint was dismissed for lack of reasonable cause to believe the Act had been violated.
Document
LEB Complaint Opinion Document