The Fair Political Practices Commission (California) summarizes recent enforcement actions here.
Travel Payments
Officeholders and candidates travel all of the time. Who pays? That’s the topic of this story.
State records show the governor used state aircraft 61 times in 2007, or more than once a week. And his pace for the first seven months of 2008 – an election year – is 48 percent higher than the same period last year, already reaching 52 flights.
“Illegal” Emailed Campaign Fliers?
The Des Moines school board race is rocked by these allegations.
State ethics officials will investigate the origin of anonymously e-mailed campaign fliers critical of Des Moines school board member Jonathan Narcisse and three candidates he’s endorsed.
Charlie Smithson, executive director of the Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board, said the electronic fliers are illegal because they advocate for and against certain candidates but do not include information about who paid to produce and distribute them.