Complaint Opinion 16-01
Date
05/25/2016
Number
2016 No. 1
Topic
Campaign posts to leg. videos
Respondent
Rodne
Question/Complaint
May a legislator's campaign site post legislative videos?
Summary
No. Links to legislative videos are allowed but posting those videos is a violation of RCW 42.52.180, use of public resources to assist a campaign. Board applied the ruling prospectively in order to clarify the differences between posts and links. A link from a site used for campaign activity to legislative materials must take the user off the campaign site or page so that the materials are viewed on a legislative site. The notice, or window, on the campaign site which informs the user that access to legislative materials is available, may be utilized to the extent the descriptive information is brief, factual, and free from editorial comment.