Appeals court upholds most Eyman campaign finance violations

SEATTLE (AP) — A Washington state Court of Appeals has upheld most of the campaign finance violations that longtime anti-tax initiative promoter Tim Eyman was found liable for last year. The Seattle Times reports the court on Tuesday kept in place the multimillion-dollar verdict against Eyman and most of the restrictions prohibiting Eyman from controlling the finances of political committees. The Division II Court of Appeals largely found for Attorney General Bob Ferguson in his case against Eyman, but Eyman received a few limited victories. The court tossed one of the violations against Eyman, a small portion of the restrictions imposed on him, and asked the trial judge to reconsider the size of the fine levied against him.