Candidate and officeholder travel has been in the news a lot recently. The Federal Election Commission recently issued new travel rules; Gov. Sanford has had his own issues with travel on state aircraft; a former North Carolina governor is facing questions about his use of private aircraft. On Monday, the Florida Division of Elections issued […]
Day: December 23, 2009
DC party committee before the Office of Campaign Finance
The D.C. Democratic Committee is facing questions from the city’s Office of Campaign Finance regarding its reporting, according to this report. The Democrats’ committee faces thousands of dollars in fines, perhaps enough to bankrupt the organization, several members said. Each alleged violation, investigators said in a final audit issued this week, will be referred to […]
Steve Henry campaign finance case in Kentucky closes
The Louisville Courier-Journal reports. Only because he wanted to put the case behind him, Henry said, did he agree to tender what is known as an Alford plea to three misdemeanor charges. Franklin Circuit Judge Thomas Wingate accepted the plea, then sentenced Henry to a year in jail and fined him $500. But the jail […]