SB 6075 — Concerning disclosure of contributors to online political advertising.

S-3901.1SUBSTITUTES-3388.1SENATE SENATE BILL 6075State of Washington65th Legislature2018 Regular SessionBy Senate State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections (originally sponsored by Senators Palumbo, Billig, Rolfes, Mullet, Carlyle, Hunt, Conway, Kuderer, and Hasegawa)READHasegawaPrefiled FIRST01/04/18. TIME 02/02/18.AN ACT Relating to disclosure of contributors to online political advertising;

amendingRead RCWfirst 42.17A.320time and01/08/18. 42.17A.345;

andReferred reenacting and amending RCW 42.17A.005.BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:Sec. 1.  RCW 42.17A.005 and 2011 c 145 s 2 and 2011 c 60 s 19 are each reenacted and amended to readCommittee ason follows:TheState definitionsGovernment, inTribal thisRelations section& applyElections.AN throughoutACT thisRelating chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.(1) "Actual malice" means to actdisclosure with knowledge of falsitycontributors or with reckless disregard as to truthonline orpolitical falsity.(2)advertising; "Agency" includes all state agencies and all local agencies.

"Stateand agency"amending includesRCW every42.17A.235 stateand office,42.17A.320.BE department,IT division,ENACTED bureau,BY board,THE commission,LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:Sec. 1.  RCW 42.17A.235 and 2015 c 54 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:(1) In addition to the information required under RCW 42.17A.205 and 42.17A.210, on the day the treasurer is designated, each candidate or otherpolitical statecommittee agency.must file with the commission a report of all contributions received and expenditures made prior to that date, if any.(2) Each treasurer shall file with the commission a report containing the information required by RCW 42.17A.240 at the following intervals:(a) On the twenty-first day and the seventh day immediately preceding the date on which the election is held;(b) On the tenth day of the first month after the election;

"Localand(c) agency"On includesthe everytenth county,day city,of town,each municipalmonth corporation,in quasi-municipalwhich corporation,no orother specialreports purposeare district,required orto anybe office,filed department,under division,this bureau,section board,only commission,if or agency thereof, or other local public agency.(3) "Authorized committee" means the political committee authorizedhas byreceived a candidate,contribution or bymade thean publicexpenditure officialin against whom recall charges have been filed, to accept contributions or make expenditures on behalf of the candidatepreceding orcalendar publicmonth official.(4)and "Balloteither proposition" means any "measure" as defined by RCW 29A.04.091, or any initiative, recall, or referendum proposition proposed to be submitted to the voterstotal ofcontributions thereceived state or anytotal municipalexpenditures corporation,made politicalsince subdivision, or other voting constituency from and after the timelast whensuch thereport propositionexceed hastwo beenhundred initiallydollars.The report filed withtwenty-one thedays appropriate election officer of that constituency before its circulation for signatures.(5) "Benefit" means a commercial, proprietary, financial, economic, or monetary advantage, or the avoidanceelection ofshall areport commercial,all proprietary,contributions financial,received economic,and orexpenditures monetarymade disadvantage.(6) "Bona fide political party" means:(a) An organization that has been recognized as a minor political party by the secretary of state;(b) The governing body of the stateend organization of aone majorbusiness politicalday party,before as defined in RCW 29A.04.086, that is the bodydate authorized by the charter or bylaws of the partyreport. to exercise authority on behalf of the state party;

or(c) The countyreport centralfiled committeeseven ordays legislativebefore districtthe committeeelection shall report all contributions received and expenditures made as of athe majorend politicalof party.one business day before the date of the report.

ThereReports mayfiled beon onlythe onetenth legislativeday districtof committeethe formonth eachshall partyreport inall eachcontributions legislativereceived district.(7)and "Candidate"expenditures meansmade anyfrom individualthe whoclosing seeksdate nominationof the last report filed through the last day of the month preceding the date of the current report.(3) For the period beginning the first day of the fourth month preceding the date of the special election, or for electionthe period beginning the first day of the fifth month before the date of the general election, and ending on the date of that special or electiongeneral toelection, publiceach office.Monday the treasurer shall file with the commission a report of each bank deposit made during the previous seven calendar days.

AnThe individualreport seeksshall nominationcontain orthe electionname whenof heeach orperson shecontributing first:(a)the Receivesfunds contributionsand orthe makesamount expenditurescontributed orby reserveseach spaceperson. or facilities with intent to promote his or her candidacy for office;(b) Announces publicly or files for office;(c) Purchases commercial advertising space or broadcast time to promote his or her candidacy;

or(d)However, Givespersons hiswho orcontribute herno consentmore tothan anothertwenty-five persondollars to take on behalf of the individual any of the actions in (a) or (c) of this subsection.(8) "Caucus political committee" means a political committee organized and maintained by the membersaggregate ofare anot majorrequired political party in the state senate or state house of representatives.(9) "Commercial advertiser" means any person who sells the service of communicating messages or producing printed material for broadcast or distribution to thebe generalidentified publicin or segments of the generalreport. public whether through the use of newspapers, magazines, television and radio stations, billboard companies, direct mail advertising companies, printing companies, internet platforms, or otherwise.(10) "Commission" means the agency established under RCW 42.17A.100.(11) "Compensation" unless the context requires a narrower meaning, includes payment in any form for real or personal property or services of any kind.

For the purpose of compliance with RCW 42.17A.710, "compensation" does not include per diem allowances or other payments made by a governmental entity to reimburse a public official for expenses incurred while the official is engaged in the official business of the governmental entity.(12) "Continuing political committee" means a political committee that is an organization of continuing existence not established in anticipation of any particular election campaign.(13)(a) "Contribution" includes:(i) A loan,copy gift, deposit, subscription, forgiveness of indebtedness, donation, advance, pledge, payment, transfer of funds between political committees, or anything of value, including personal and professional services for less than full consideration;(ii) An expenditure made by a person in cooperation, consultation, or concert with, or at the requestreport orshall suggestionbe of,retained a candidate, a political committee, the person or persons named on the candidate's or committee's registration form who direct expenditures on behalf of the candidate or committee, or their agents;(iii) The financing by a person of the dissemination,treasurer distribution, or republication, in whole or in part, of broadcast, written, graphic, or other form of political advertising or electioneering communication prepared by a candidate, a political committee, or its authorized agent;(iv) Sums paid for ticketshis to fund-raising events such as dinners and parties, except for the actual cost of the consumables furnished at the event.(b) "Contribution" does not include:(i) Standard interest on money deposited in a political committee's account;(ii) Ordinary home hospitality;(iii) A contribution received by a candidate or politicalher committeerecords. that is returned to the contributor within five business days of the date on which it is received by the candidate or political committee;(iv) A news item, feature, commentary, or editorial in a regularly scheduled news medium that is of primary interest to the general public, that is in a news medium controlled by a person whose business is that news medium, and that is not controlled by a candidate or a political committee;(v) An internal political communication primarily limited to the members of or contributors to a political party organization or political committee, or to the officers, management staff, or stockholders of a corporation or similar enterprise, or to the members of a labor organization or other membership organization;(vi) The rendering of personal services of the sort commonly performed by volunteer campaign workers, or incidental expenses personally incurred by volunteer campaign workers not in excess of fifty dollars personally paid for by the worker.

"VolunteerIn services," for the purposesevent of thisdeposits subsection,made meansby servicesa ordeputy labortreasurer, for which the individualcopy isshall notbe compensatedforwarded byto any person;(vii) Messages in the formtreasurer offor readerhis boards, banners, or yardher orrecords. window signs displayed on a person's own property or property occupied by a person.

However,Each areport facilityshall used for such political advertising for which a rental charge is normally made must be reportedcertified as ancorrect in-kindby contributionthe andtreasurer countsor towardsdeputy anytreasurer applicablemaking contribution limit of the persondeposit.(4)(a) providingThe thetreasurer facility;(viii) Legal or accountingcandidate servicesshall renderedmaintain tobooks orof onaccount behalfaccurately of:(A)reflecting Aall politicalcontributions partyand orexpenditures caucuson politicala committeecurrent ifbasis thewithin personfive payingbusiness fordays the services is the regular employer of thereceipt personor renderingexpenditure. such services;

or(B)During A candidate or an authorized committee if the personeight payingdays forimmediately thepreceding services is the regulardate employer of the individualelection rendering the servicesbooks and if the services are solely for the purpose of ensuringaccount complianceshall withbe statekept electioncurrent orwithin publicone disclosurebusiness laws;day.

or(ix)As Thespecified performancein ofthe ministerialcommittee's functionsstatement by a person on behalf of twoorganization orfiled moreunder candidatesRCW or42.17A.205, politicalthe committeesbooks either as volunteer services defined in (b)(vi) of thisaccount subsectionmust orbe foropen payment by the candidate or political committee for whompublic theinspection services are performed as long as:(A) The person performs solely ministerial functions;(B) A person who is paid by twoappointment orat more candidates or political committees is identified by the candidatesdesignated andplace politicalfor committeesinspections onbetween whose8:00 behalfa.m. services are performed as part of their respective statements of organization under RCW 42.17A.205;

and(C)and The8:00 personp.m. does not disclose, except as required by law, any information regarding a candidate's or committee's plans, projects, activities, or needs, or regarding a candidate's or committee's contributions or expenditures that is not already publicly available from campaign reports filed with the commission, or otherwise engage in activity that constitutes a contribution under (a)(ii) of this subsection.A person who performs ministerial functions under this subsection (13)(b)(ix) is not considered an agent of the candidate or committee as long as he or she has no authority to authorize expenditures or make decisions on behalf of the candidate or committee.(c) Contributions other than money or its equivalent are deemed to have a monetary value equivalent to the fair market value of the contribution.

Serviceson orany propertyday orfrom rightsthe furnishedeighth atday lessimmediately thanbefore theirthe fairelection marketthrough value for the purposeday ofimmediately assistingbefore anythe candidateelection, orother politicalthan committeeSaturday, areSunday, deemedor a contribution.legal holiday.

SuchIt is a contributionviolation must be reported as an in-kind contribution at its fair market value and counts towards any applicable contribution limit of the provider.(14) "Depository" means a bank, mutual savings bank, savings and loan association, or credit union doing business in this state.(15)chapter "Electedfor official" means any person elected at a generalcandidate or specialpolitical electioncommittee to anyrefuse publicto office,allow and anykeep personan appointedappointment tofor fillan ainspection vacancyto inbe anyconducted suchduring office.(16)these "Election"authorized includestimes any primary, general, or special election for public office and anydays. election in which a ballot proposition is submitted to the voters.

AnThe electionappointment inmust whichbe theallowed qualificationsat foran votingauthorized includetime otherand thanday thosefor requirementssuch setinspections forththat inis Articlewithin VI,twenty-four sectionhours 1 (Amendment 63) of the Constitutiontime ofand theday statethat ofis Washingtonrequested shall not be considered an election for purposesthe ofinspection.(b) thisAt chapter.(17)the "Electiontime campaign" means any campaign in support of ormaking inthe oppositionappointment, to a candidateperson forwishing election to publicinspect officethe andbooks anyof campaignaccount inmust supportprovide of, or in opposition to, a ballot proposition.(18) "Election cycle" means the periodtreasurer beginning on the firstname dayand oftelephone Januarynumber after the date of the lastperson previouswishing generalto electioninspect for the officebooks thatof theaccount. candidate seeks and ending on December 31st after the next election for the office.

InThe person inspecting the casebooks of aaccount specialmust electionshow tophoto fillidentification abefore vacancythe ininspection anbegins.(c) office,A "electiontreasurer cycle"may meansrefuse to show the periodbooks beginningof onaccount theto dayany theperson vacancywho occursdoes andnot endingmake onan Decemberappointment 31stor afterprovide the specialrequired election.(19)(a)identification.(d) "ElectioneeringAny communication"social meansmedia anysite broadcast,must cable,make oravailable satelliterecords televisionof orpurchasers radioof transmission,small Unitedonline Statesadvertising postalsupporting serviceor mailing,opposing billboard,a newspaper,candidate or periodical,ballot ormeasure internetin Washington state or digitalotherwise communicationdirected that:(i)at ClearlyWashington identifiesstate ausers candidateof the social media site upon request by any person.(5) Copies of all reports filed pursuant to this section shall be readily available for apublic state,inspection local,by appointment, pursuant to subsection (4) of this section, at the principal headquarters or, if there is no headquarters, at the address of the treasurer or judicialsuch officeother eitherplace as may be authorized by specificallythe namingcommission.(6) The treasurer or candidate shall preserve books of account, bills, receipts, and all other financial records of the candidate,campaign or identifyingpolitical committee for not less than five calendar years following the candidateyear withoutduring usingwhich the candidate'stransaction name;(ii)occurred.(7) IsAll broadcast,reports transmitted,filed mailed,pursuant erected,to distributed,subsection (1) or otherwise(2) publishedof withinthis sixtysection daysshall beforebe anycertified electionas forcorrect thatby officethe incandidate and the jurisdictiontreasurer.(8) inWhen whichthere is no outstanding debt or obligation, the candidatecampaign fund is seekingclosed, election;and the campaign is concluded in all respects or in the case of a political committee, the committee has ceased to function and has dissolved, the treasurer shall file a final report.

and(iii)Upon Eithersubmitting alone,a orfinal inreport, combination with one or more communications identifying the candidateduties byof the sametreasurer sponsorshall duringcease the sixty days before an election, has a fair market value of one thousand dollars or more.(b) "Electioneering communication" does not include:(i) Usual and customarythere advertising of a business owned by a candidate, even if the candidate is mentionedno inobligation theto advertisingmake whenany thefurther candidatereports.Sec. 2.  RCW has42.17A.320 beenand regularly2013 mentionedc in138 thats advertising1 appearingare ateach leastamended twelveto monthsread preceding his or her becoming a candidate;(ii) Advertising for candidate debates or forums when the advertising is paid for by or on behalf of the debate or forum sponsor, so long as twofollows:(1) orAll morewritten candidatespolitical foradvertising, thewhether samerelating position have been invited to participatecandidates in the debate or forum;(iii)ballot Apropositions, newsshall item,include feature, commentary, or editorial in a regularly scheduled news medium that is:(A) Of primary interest to the generalsponsor's public;(B)name Inand aaddress. news medium controlled by a person whose business is that news medium;

and(C) Not a medium controlled by a candidate or a political committee;(iv) Slate cards and sample ballots;(v) Advertising for books, films, dissertations, or similar works (A) written by a candidate when the candidate entered into a contract for such publications or media at least twelve months before becoming a candidate, or (B) written about a candidate;(vi) Public service announcements;(vii) A mailed internal political communication primarily limited to the members of or contributors to a political party organization or political committee, or to the officers, management staff, or stockholders of a corporation or similar enterprise, or to the members of a labor organization or other membership organization;(viii) An expenditure by or contribution to the authorized committee of a candidate for state, local, or judicial office;

or(ix) Any other communication exempted by the commission through rule consistent with the intent of this chapter.(20) "Expenditure" includes a payment, contribution, subscription, distribution, loan, advance, deposit, or gift of money or anything of value, and includes a contract, promise, or agreement, whether or not legally enforceable, to make an expenditure.

"Expenditure" also includes a promise to pay, a payment, or a transfer of anything of value in exchange for goods, services, property, facilities, or anything of value for the purpose of assisting, benefiting, or honoring any public official or candidate, or assisting in furthering or opposing any election campaign.

For the purposes of this chapter, agreements to make expenditures, contracts, and promises to pay may be reported as estimated obligations until actual payment is made.

"Expenditure" shall not include the partial or complete repayment by a candidate or political committee of the principal of a loan, the receipt of which loan has been properly reported.(21) "Final report" means the report described as a final report in RCW 42.17A.235(2).(22) "General election" for the purposes of RCW 42.17A.405 means the election that results in the election of a person to a state or local office.

It does not include a primary.(23) "Gift" has the definition in RCW 42.52.010.(24) "Immediate family" includes the spouse or domestic partner, dependent children, and other dependent relatives, if living in the household.

For the purposes of the definition of "intermediary" in this section, "immediate family" means an individual's spouse or domestic partner, and child, stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent, brother, half brother, sister, or half sister of the individual and the spouse or the domestic partner of any such person and a child, stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent, brother, half brother, sister, or half sister of the individual's spouse or domestic partner and the spouse or the domestic partner of any such person.(25) "Incumbent" means a person who is in present possession of an elected office.(26) "Independent expenditure" means an expenditure that has each of the following elements:(a) It is made in support of or in opposition to a candidate for office by a person who is not (i) a candidate for that office, (ii) an authorized committee of that candidate for that office, (iii) a person who has received the candidate's encouragement or approval to make the expenditure, if the expenditure pays in whole or in part for political advertising supporting that candidate or promoting the defeat of any other candidate or candidates for that office, or (iv) a person with whom the candidate has collaborated for the purpose of making the expenditure, if the expenditure pays in whole or in part for political advertising supporting that candidate or promoting the defeat of any other candidate or candidates for that office;(b) The expenditure pays in whole or in part for political advertising that either specifically names the candidate supported or opposed, or clearly and beyond any doubt identifies the candidate without using the candidate's name;

and(c) The expenditure, alone or in conjunction with another expenditure or other expenditures of the same person in support of or opposition to that candidate, has a value of eight hundred dollars or more.

A series of expenditures, each of which is under eight hundred dollars, constitutes one independent expenditure if their cumulative value is eight hundred dollars or more.(27)(a) "Intermediary" means an individual who transmits a contribution to a candidate or committee from another person unless the contribution is from the individual's employer, immediate family, or an association to which the individual belongs.(b) A treasurer or a candidate is not an intermediary for purposes of the committee that the treasurer or candidate serves.(c) A professional fund-raiser is not an intermediary if the fund-raiser is compensated for fund-raising services at the usual and customary rate.(d) A volunteer hosting a fund-raising event at the individual's home is not an intermediary for purposes of that event.(28) "Legislation" means bills, resolutions, motions, amendments, nominations, and other matters pending or proposed in either house of the state legislature, and includes any other matter that may be the subject of action by either house or any committee of the legislature and all bills and resolutions that, having passed both houses, are pending approval by the governor.(29) "Legislative office" means the office of a member of the state house of representatives or the office of a member of the state senate.(30) "Lobby" and "lobbying" each mean attempting to influence the passage or defeat of any legislation by the legislature of the state of Washington, or the adoption or rejection of any rule, standard, rate, or other legislative enactment of any state agency under the state administrative procedure act, chapter 34.05 RCW.

Neither "lobby" nor "lobbying" includes an association's or other organization's act of communicating with the members of that association or organization.(31) "Lobbyist" includes any person who lobbies either in his or her own or another's behalf.(32) "Lobbyist's employer" means the person or persons by whom a lobbyist is employed and all persons by whom he or she is compensated for acting as a lobbyist.(33) "Ministerial functions" means an act or duty carried out as part of the duties of an administrative office without exercise of personal judgment or discretion.(34) "Participate" means that, with respect to a particular election, an entity:(a) Makes either a monetary or in-kind contribution to a candidate;(b) Makes an independent expenditure or electioneering communication in support of or opposition to a candidate;(c) Endorses a candidate before contributions are made by a subsidiary corporation or local unit with respect to that candidate or that candidate's opponent;(d) Makes a recommendation regarding whether a candidate should be supported or opposed before a contribution is made by a subsidiary corporation or local unit with respect to that candidate or that candidate's opponent;

or(e) Directly or indirectly collaborates or consults with a subsidiary corporation or local unit on matters relating to the support of or opposition to a candidate, including, but not limited to, the amount of a contribution, when a contribution should be given, and what assistance, services or independent expenditures, or electioneering communications, if any, will be made or should be made in support of or opposition to a candidate.(35) "Person" includes an individual, partnership, joint venture, public or private corporation, association, federal, state, or local governmental entity or agency however constituted, candidate, committee, political committee, political party, executive committee thereof, or any other organization or group of persons, however organized.(36) "Political advertising" includes any advertising displays, newspaper ads, billboards, signs, brochures, articles, tabloids, flyers, letters, radio or television presentations, internet or digital advertising, or other means of mass communication, used for the purpose of appealing, directly or indirectly, for votes or for financial or other support or opposition in any election campaign.(37) "Political committee" means any person (except a candidate or an individual dealing with his or her own funds or property) having the expectation of receiving contributions or making expenditures in support of, or opposition to, any candidate or any ballot proposition.(38) "Primary" for the purposes of RCW 42.17A.405 means the procedure for nominating a candidate to state or local office under chapter 29A.52 RCW or any other primary for an election that uses, in large measure, the procedures established in chapter 29A.52 RCW.(39) "Public office" means any federal, state, judicial, county, city, town, school district, port district, special district, or other state political subdivision elective office.(40) "Public record" has the definition in RCW 42.56.010.(41) "Recall campaign" means the period of time beginning on the date of the filing of recall charges under RCW 29A.56.120 and ending thirty days after the recall election.(42)(a) "Sponsor" for purposes of an electioneering communications, independent expenditures, or political advertising means the person paying for the electioneering communication, independent expenditure, or political advertising.

If a person acts as an agent for another or is reimbursed by another for the payment, the original source of the payment is the sponsor.(b) "Sponsor," for purposes of a political committee, means any person, except an authorized committee, to whom any of the following applies:(i) The committee receives eighty percent or more of its contributions either from the person or from the person's members, officers, employees, or shareholders;(ii) The person collects contributions for the committee by use of payroll deductions or dues from its members, officers, or employees.(43) "Sponsored committee" means a committee, other than an authorized committee, that has one or more sponsors.(44) "State office" means state legislative office or the office of governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general, commissioner of public lands, insurance commissioner, superintendent of public instruction, state auditor, or state treasurer.(45) "State official" means a person who holds a state office.(46) "Surplus funds" mean, in the case of a political committee or candidate, the balance of contributions that remain in the possession or control of that committee or candidate subsequent to the election for which the contributions were received, and that are in excess of the amount necessary to pay remaining debts incurred by the committee or candidate with respect to that election.

In the case of a continuing political committee, "surplus funds" mean those contributions remaining in the possession or control of the committee that are in excess of the amount necessary to pay all remaining debts when it makes its final report under RCW 42.17A.255.(47) "Treasurer" and "deputy treasurer" mean the individuals appointed by a candidate or political committee, pursuant to RCW 42.17A.210, to perform the duties specified in that section.Sec. 2.  RCW 42.17A.320 and 2013 c 138 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:(1) All written political advertising, whether relating to candidates or ballot propositions, shall include the sponsor's name and address.

SmallThe onlineuse politicalof advertisingan shallassumed includename for the sponsor'ssponsor nameof andelectioneering maycommunications, provideindependent additionalexpenditures, required((or)) disclosurespolitical throughadvertising alternatives((shall specifiedbe)), byor thesmall commission.online political advertising is unlawful.

The use of an assumed name for the sponsor of electioneering communications, independent expenditures, or political advertising shall be unlawful.

and(c) Be set apart from any other printed matter.(4)matter.(4)(a) In an independent expenditure or electioneering communication transmitted via television or other medium that includes a visual image, the following statement must either be clearly spoken, or appear in print and be visible for at least four seconds, appear in letters greater than four percent of the visual screen height, and have a reasonable color contrast with the background:

Paid for by (name, city, state)."state)."(b) If the advertisement or communication is undertaken by a nonindividual other than a party organization, then the following notation must also be included:

"Top Five Contributors" followed by a listing of the names of the five persons or entities making the largest contributions in excess of seven hundred dollars reportable under this chapter during the twelve-month period preceding the date on which the advertisement is initially published or otherwise presented to the public.public.(c) Abbreviations may be used to describe contributing entities if the full name of the entity has been clearly spoken previously during the broadcast advertisement.(5) The following statement shall be clearly spoken in an independent expenditure or electioneering communication transmitted by a method that does not include a visual image:

Abbreviations may be used to describe contributing entities if the full name of the entity has been clearly spoken previously during the broadcast advertisement.(5) The following statement shall be clearly spoken in an independent expenditure or electioneering communication transmitted by a method that does not include a visual image:

In addition, the public disclosure commission shall, by rule, exempt from the identification requirements of this section forms of political advertising such as campaign buttons, balloons, pens, pencils, sky-writing, inscriptions, and other forms of advertising where identification is impractical.(8) For the purposes of this section, "yard sign" means any outdoor sign with dimensions no greater than eight feet by four feet.Sec. 3.  RCWfeet.--- 42.17A.345END and--- 2010 c 204 s 508 are each amended to read as follows:(1) Each commercial advertiser who has accepted or provided political advertising or electioneering communications during the election campaign shall maintain documents and books of account that shall be open for public inspection during normal business hours during the campaign and for a period of no less than three years after the date of the applicable election.