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Washington PDC adopts permanent rule allowing ballot propositions on slate cards, extends emergency rule to March 20
Summary
The Washington State Public Disclosure Commission adopted a permanent rule allowing political parties and committees to include ballot propositions on slate cards and extended the current emergency rule to March 20, 2026 to avoid a procedural gap; commissioners also voted to adopt the rule under the ordinary timeline.
The Washington State Public Disclosure Commission voted Feb. 12 to make permanent a rule that allows political parties and political committees to include ballot propositions on slate cards, and separately extended the existing emergency rule until March 20, 2026 to avoid a brief lapse between an emergency and permanent rule.
General counsel Sean Flynn opened the public hearing on the slate-card proposal and said the permanent rule would codify an emergency change used during last year’s election cycle. "If you were to adopt the permanent rules today, [they] could have an effective date as early as tomorrow," Flynn said, explaining the…
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