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<p ALIGN="CENTER">**** </font><strong><font size="5">How to Search for Documents</font></strong><font SIZE="4"> ****</p>
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<p>Search for Candidate Reports</p>
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<p>If you&#146;d like to look at documents filed by a <b>candidate</b>, in the Filer Name
box, you would type in the last name of the candidate, one space, and the first initial of
the first name. If you don&#146;t know the first name, just enter the last name.
Don&#146;t enter any commas, periods or quotation marks. The only acceptable punctuation
is an apostrophe, as in the case of O&#146;Malley.&nbsp; If you&#146;d like to narrow the
search to a particular election year, you would put, for example, <u>1999</u> in the
Election Year box. You don&#146;t need to narrow your search any further, just click on
the Send Query button located at the bottom of the Search screen.</p>
<p>What should appear at this point is a grid of the reports filed by that candidate. The
list is in chronological order and the relevant fields are:</p>
<p>Endorsement Number (click once on the Endorsement Number of the report you wish to
view);<br>
Filer Name (Name of candidate);<br>
Office Sought (Office the candidate is running for);<br>
PDC Form (C3--Detailed contributions; C4--Summary of Contributions &amp; Expenditures, <a HREF="blank.html">click here</a> for a list of each form and what it
is used for);<br>
Description/Party (Party of the candidate);<br>
Date Received (Date report was received by PDC);<br>
Pages (Number of pages for a given report).<br>
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<p>Choose the report you would like to view and click on the Endorsement Number. The
report should appear and you should be able to view it and/or print it.</p>
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<p ALIGN="left">Search for Political Committee Reports</p>
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<p>If you&#146;d like to look at documents filed by a <b>political committee</b>, <b>party
committee</b>, <b>local ballot</b> <b>committee</b>, etc. you would type in the name of
the committee in the Filer Name box. If you don&#146;t know the committee's full name but
only part of it, you can type only part of it (but it must be the first part), i.e. COMM
FOR BETTER or see below for a list of committees. Enter the name the way it appears on the
list.&nbsp; Don&#146;t enter any commas, periods or quotation marks. If you&#146;d like to
narrow the search to a particular election year (for statewide initiatives), you would
put, for example, <u>1999</u> in the Election Year box. You don&#146;t need to narrow your
search any further, just click on the Send Query button located at the bottom of the
Search screen.</p>
<p>Note:&nbsp; The word <strong><em>committee</em></strong> is always abbreviated to COMM
and the word <em><strong>citizens</strong> </em>is always abbreviated to CIT.</p>
<p>Lists of Committees:</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="ptypacs.txt">Political Party
Committees</a><br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="caucuspacs.txt">Legislative Caucus
Committees</a><br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="otherpacs.html">Other Committees</a></p>
<p>What should appear at this point is a grid of the reports filed by that political
committee. The list is in chronological order and the relevant fields are:</p>
<p>Endorsement Number (click once on the Endorsement Number of the report you wish to
view);<br>
Filer Name (Name of political committee);<br>
Ballot Number (Ballot number if Statewide Initiative Committee, i.e. 695, 696, etc.)<br>
PDC Form (C3--Detailed contributions; C4--Summary of Contributions &amp; Expenditures, </font><a HREF="http://web.pdc.wa.gov/blank.html">click here</a><font SIZE="4"> for a list of each
form and what it is used for);<br>
Description/Party (Party affiliation if party committee (i.e. Democrat, Republican, etc.);
Type of committee if not party committee (i.e. Business, Union, Local Issue etc.);<br>
Date Received (Date report was received by PDC);<br>
Pages (Number of pages for a given report).</p>
<p>Choose the report you would like to view and click on the Endorsement Number. The
report should appear and you should be able to view it and/or print it.</p>
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<p ALIGN="left">Search for Lobbyist Reports</p>
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<p>If you&#146;d like to look at documents filed by a <b>lobbyist</b>, in the Filer Name
box, you would type in the last name of the lobbyist, one space, and the first initial of
the first name. If you don&#146;t know the first name, just enter the last name or click
here for a list of </font><a HREF="39.txt">registered lobbyists</a><font SIZE="4">. Enter the name the way it appears on the list.&nbsp; Don&#146;t enter any
commas, periods or quotation marks. The only acceptable punctuation is an apostrophe, as
in the case of O&#146;Malley. If you&#146;d like to narrow the search to a particular type
of report, you would put, for example, &quot;L1&quot; in the PDC Form box. You don&#146;t
need to narrow your search any further, just click on the Send Query button.</p>
<p>What should appear at this point is a grid of the reports filed by that lobbyist. The
list is in chronological order and the relevant fields are:</p>
<p>Endorsement Number (click once on the Endorsement Number of the report you wish to
view);<br>
Filer Name (Name of lobbyist);<br>
PDC Form (L1--Lobbyist Registration; L2--Expenditure Report, </font><a HREF="http://web.pdc.wa.gov/blank.html">click here</a><font SIZE="4"> for a list of each
form and what it is used for);<br>
Date Received (Date report was received by PDC);<br>
Pages (Number of pages for a given report).</p>
<p><br>
Choose the report you would like to view and click on the Endorsement Number. The report
should appear and you should be able to view it and/or print it. (Lobbyists file reports
beginning with the letter L.)</p>
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<p ALIGN="left">Search for Lobbyist Employer Reports</p>
</b></i>
<p>If you&#146;d like to look at documents filed by a <b>lobbyist employer</b>, in the
Filer Name box, you would type in the name of the lobbyist employer. If you don&#146;t
know the exact name, just enter part of it or click here for a list of </font><a HREF="42.txt">lobbyist employers</a><font SIZE="4">.&nbsp; Enter the
name the way it appears on the list.&nbsp; Don&#146;t enter any commas, periods or
quotation marks. The only acceptable punctuation is an apostrophe, as in the case of
O&#146;Malley. If you&#146;d like to narrow the search to a particular type of report, you
would put, for example, &quot;L3&quot; or &quot;L3c&quot; in the PDC Form box. You
don&#146;t need to narrow your search any further, just click on the Send Query button
located at the bottom of the Search screen.</p>
<p>What should appear at this point is a grid of the reports filed by that lobbyist
employer. The list is in chronological order and the relevant fields are:</p>
<p>Endorsement Number (click once on the Endorsement Number of the report you wish to
view);<br>
Filer Name (Name of lobbyist employer);<br>
PDC Form (L3--Lobbyist Employer's Report; L3c--Contribution Report, </font><font size="3"><a href="http://web.pdc.wa.gov/blank.html">click here</a></font><font SIZE="4"> for a list of
each form and what it is used for);<br>
Date Received (Date report was received by PDC);<br>
Pages (Number of pages for a given report).</p>
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Choose the report you would like to view and click on the Endorsement Number. The report
should appear and you should be able to view it and/or print it.</p>
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<p align="center"><big><em><strong>Other Reporting Entities</strong></em></big></p>
<p align="left"><big><em><strong>Public Agency Lobbying (L5)</strong></em>--Enter the name
of the local or state agency in the Filer Name box.</big></p>
<p align="left"><big><em><strong>Grass Roots Lobbying Campaigns (L6)</strong></em>--Enter
the name of the Initiative to the Legislature committee or other filer in the Filer Name
box.</big></p>
<p align="left"><big><strong><em>Reports of Employer of Legislators, State Officers or
State Employees (L7)</em></strong>--Enter the name of the employer in the Filer Name box.</big></p>
<p align="left"><big><em><strong>Out-of-State or Federal Committee Contributions (C5)</strong></em>--Enter
the name of the Out-of-State or Federal committee in the Filer Name box.</big></p>
<p align="left"><big><strong><em>Independent Expenditures (C6)</em></strong>--Enter the
name of the spender in the Filer Name box.</big></p>
<p align="left"><big><strong><em>Special Political Expenditures (C7)</em></strong>--Enter
the name of the spender in the Filer Name box.</big></p>
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