Last night the King County Democrats unanimously passed a resolution asking Washington State’s two Senators to become co-sponsors of legislation requiring US Senate candidates to join the electronic filing era of campaign disclosure. Below is the text of the resolution:
Resolution in Support of S 482 requiring electronic filing of campaign disclosure information by U.S. Senate candidates
WHEREAS the U.S. Senate still does not require filing its campaign finance forms electronically; and
WHEREAS this hinders and delays the ability of the public to have timely access to important campaign finance data; and
WHEREAS the transfer of data to electronic form for filing would save taxpayers $250,000 a year according to the Campaign Finance Institute; and
WHEREAS S 482 – the Senate Campaign Disclosure Parity Act has been introduced by Senator Feingold in February 2009 to require that all Senate candidates file designations, statements and reports in electronic form; and
WHEREAS candidates for the House of Representatives, President and Political Action Committees already file electronically; and
WHEREAS 41 other Senators are currently co-sponsors of this legislation; and
WHEREAS Washington State has been a leader in campaign finance disclosure statewide and nationally with the passage of I-276 in 1972; and
WHEREAS Washington State requires electronic filing for all candidates raising over $10,000; and
WHEREAS candidates filing for President who raise over $100,000 are already required to file monthly reports
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the King County Democrats urge Senator Patty Murray and Senator Maria Cantwell to become co-sponsors and work for passage of S 482 in time for next year’s U.S. Senate elections and that they sponsor an amendment requiring monthly reporting as is done for Presidential candidates and in Washington State.
Join with the King County Democrats and urge Senator Cantwell and Senator Murray to co-sponsor S 482 and work for its passage. You can e-mail them here:
