Complaint Opinion 16-15
- Date
- 03/23/2017
- Number
- 2016 No. 15
- Topic
- Campaign use of public resources
- Respondent
- MacEwen
- Question/Complaint
- Complaint alleged that a legislator posted a photograph of an official letter on a social media page with campaign content.
- Summary
- An official letter using state letterhead is a state resource. Direct posting of a photograph of such letter on a social media website with campaign content is prohibited. Board found that the violation was cured, and dismissed the complaint under RCW 42.52.425 (1) (c).
- Document
- ETHICSCOM2016.15 (PDF 217.91 Kilobytes)