Washington PACs Can Now Take Unlimited Checks Before Election Day?
On Friday, 11 days before the election, Washington's Public Disclosure Commission announced it will stop enforcing the $7,500 limit on last-minute donations to political action committees. Ballots are already on kitchen counters across the state. Five Supreme Court seats are on the ballot. Democrats are pushing for a legislative supermajority.
Brian Heywood from Let's Go Washington and a Democratic campaign consultant both called the timing terrible. Charlie Harger on what changed, why it matters for the Supreme Court and Olympia races, and why a decision this big shouldn't land quietly on a Friday with ballots already out.
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