Pierce County Democrats to pay $20k for breaking campaign finance law
Pierce County Democrats will pay more than $22,600 in fines and legal fees for breaking campaign-finance laws by repeatedly failing to properly report donations and spending over the course of three years.
The organization agreed to the penalty last week, according to a filing in Thurston County Court, after the state Attorney Generals Office sued the organization in August.
The county partys civil penalty is $31,780, although half of it is suspended unless the group breaks campaign-finance rules again in the next four years, according to court records. The Pierce Democrats also are on the hook for $6,740 in legal fees.
The Attorney Generals Office in August had accused the organization of filing campaign finance reports late or not at all dozens of times between 2015 and 2017. The AGs office said the Democrats didnt properly report $90,358 in spending, $63,642 in contributions and $34,791 in debt.
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