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===State and Federal Law Violations===

===State and Federal Law Violations===

Patty Murray's [[2010 Midterm Elections]] campaign received scrutiny for violations of state and federal law, after a WorkSource employee used government resources to organize support for Murray’s campaign. Senator Patty Murray’s re-election campaign met with the state worker with the purpose of asking for campaign work to be done using state resources.<ref>http://www.redcounty.com/content/did-patty-murrays-campaign-ask-state-worker-use-govt-resources-political-organizing</ref> Using taxpayer money, WorkSource employee Sally Garcia asked veterans to contact Kerala Hise, either by telephone or at a pattymurray.com address, to get involved in a ”walk and knock" to remind people to vote for Murray’s re-election.<ref>http://www.redcounty.com/content/doc-release-confirms-patty-murray-campaign-materials-sent-vets-state-employee</ref>

Patty Murray's [[2010 Midterm Elections]] campaign received scrutiny for violations of state and federal law, after a WorkSource employee used government resources to organize support for Murray's campaign. Senator Patty Murray's re-election campaign met with the state worker with the purpose of asking for campaign work to be done using state resources.<ref>http://www.redcounty.com/content/did-patty-murrays-campaign-ask-state-worker-use-govt-resources-political-organizing</ref> Using taxpayer money, WorkSource employee Sally Garcia asked veterans to contact Kerala Hise, either by telephone or at a pattymurray.com address, to get involved in a ”walk and knock" to remind people to vote for Murray's re-election.<ref>http://www.redcounty.com/content/doc-release-confirms-patty-murray-campaign-materials-sent-vets-state-employee</ref>

[[President Obama]] and Patty Murray broke Washington state laws by campaigning on the state funded [[University of Washington]] college campus.<ref>University of Washington's Hec Edmundson Pavilion hosts a capacity crowd for an appearance by President Barack Obama who is in town campaigning for Sen. Patty Murray on Thursday, October 21, 2010. [http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/photogalleries/localnews2013220582/13.html Obama visits Seattle], ''The Seattle Times'', Thursday, October 21, 2010.</ref> According to [http://apps.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=42.17.130 RCW 42.17.130], ''Use of public office or agency facilities in campaigns — Prohibition — Exceptions'', "No elective official nor any employee of his [or her] office nor any person appointed to or employed by any public office or agency may use or authorize the use of any of the facilities of a public office or agency, directly or indirectly, for the purpose of assisting a campaign for election of any person to any office or for the promotion of or opposition to any ballot proposition." According to [http://apps.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=42.52.180 RCW 42.52.180], ''Use of public resources for political campaigns'', "No state officer or state employee may use or authorize the use of facilities of an agency, directly or indirectly, for the purpose of assisting a campaign for election of a person to an office or for the promotion of or opposition to a ballot proposition. Knowing acquiescence by a person with authority to direct, control, or influence the actions of the state officer or state employee using public resources in violation of this section constitutes a violation of this section."

[[President Obama]] and Patty Murray broke Washington state laws by campaigning on the state funded [[University of Washington]] college campus.<ref>University of Washington's Hec Edmundson Pavilion hosts a capacity crowd for an appearance by President Barack Obama who is in town campaigning for Sen. Patty Murray on Thursday, October 21, 2010. [http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/photogalleries/localnews2013220582/13.html Obama visits Seattle], ''The Seattle Times'', Thursday, October 21, 2010.</ref> According to [http://apps.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=42.17.130 RCW 42.17.130], ''Use of public office or agency facilities in campaigns — Prohibition — Exceptions'', "No elective official nor any employee of his [or her] office nor any person appointed to or employed by any public office or agency may use or authorize the use of any of the facilities of a public office or agency, directly or indirectly, for the purpose of assisting a campaign for election of any person to any office or for the promotion of or opposition to any ballot proposition." According to [http://apps.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=42.52.180 RCW 42.52.180], ''Use of public resources for political campaigns'', "No state officer or state employee may use or authorize the use of facilities of an agency, directly or indirectly, for the purpose of assisting a campaign for election of a person to an office or for the promotion of or opposition to a ballot proposition. Knowing acquiescence by a person with authority to direct, control, or influence the actions of the state officer or state employee using public resources in violation of this section constitutes a violation of this section."