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Question/Complaint
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The election year mailing restrictions limit the number of newsletters to two. The respondent invited newsletter recipients to request updates on broad, general topics, and then responded to each in a mailing with identical letters that addressed a number of issues. Did this responsive mailing constitute a newsletter?
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Summary
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Yes, and since the respondent had now sent three newsletters during the restrictive period he was found to have violated the Act and was ordered to pay reimbursement and a penalty. The responsive letters were identical in content, addressed a number of general issues, and were not tailored to specific requests for information from constituents. RCW 42.52.180, 42.17.132, AO's 95-19 and 96-04.
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