Google Banned Political Ads in Washington State, Then Kept on Selling Them

"If Google wasn't accepting ads," asked one local campaign treasurer, "why did they accept ours?"by Eli Sanders"If Google wasn't accepting ads," asked one local campaign treasurer, "why did they accept ours?" Justin Sullivan / Getty Images
Washington state is a national leader in bringing transparency to the dark world of online political advertising.The law here is so tough, in fact, that Google announced in June 2018 that it would no longer sell political ads for local races in Washington stat