Let’s Go Washington, the political committee founded by Brian Heywood (above), is defending itself against allegations it violated campaign finance reporting rules in the course of its signature-gathering effort in 2023. The state Public Disclosure Commission held a hearing Thursday and will rule in the coming days. (Jerry Cornfield/Washington State Standard)
Let’s Go Washington fended off allegations Thursday that it violated state campaign finance laws by failing to disclose details on how it financed gathering of signatures for six statewide initiatives, including three in front of Washington voters next month.
The state Public Disclosure Commission conducted a three-hour hearing into charges that the political committee did not “timely and accurately” report expenditures for each ballot measure and failed to obtain and disclose information from signature-gathering firms on subcontractors they paid.
And the committee is also accused of “failing to timely produce campaign records” requested by commission staff. A subpoena issued in July led to Let’s Go Washington producing 9,000 pages of materials for the compliance officer of the watchdog agency.