Complaint asserts that legislators have a constitutional duty to respond to constitutents and by failing to do so they fail to represent their constitutents.

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Type	Complaint
Date	4/9/2005
Number	05-03
Topic	Failure to respond to constituent - constitutional duty
Respondent	Rep. Tami Green
Question/Complaint	Complaint asserts that legislators have a constitutional duty to respond to constitutents and by failing to do so they fail to represent their constitutents.
Summary	RCW 42.52.320 defines the jurisdiction of the Board and the Ethics Act does not address constitutional allegations that a legislator is unresponsive to constituents. Dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.
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