California Law on Increased Limits

The Contra Costa Times reports on a California law allowing one candidate to enjoy increased contribution limits.

Contra Costa County supervisor candidate Erik Nunn of Oakley and his relatives have contributed or loaned his campaign more than $25,000 and triggered an increase in his opponents’ contribution limits.

Incumbent Supervisor Federal Glover of Pittsburg and challengers Gary Agopian, Mary Rocha and Don Parscal are now permitted under the county’s election law to receive as much as $5,000 per person rather than $1,675 for the June 3 election.

Nunn called it a mistake and said he has refunded the money that pushed him over the limit.

“My family did not know the rules, or how much I had already lent the campaign,” said Nunn, a chief financial officer for a general contracting company. “It definitely was something that my treasurer and I missed. … I have already sent the contributions back to my family members and the correction will be made on my next campaign report.”

But it’s too late for Nunn to reverse course.

Form LD-203 Availability Update

There is no announced date that Form LD-203 will be released and the relevant websites do not have any further information on when we might expect to see the form.  The form must be filed for the first time in July 2008.  There are reports that the form could be available next week.

UPDATE:  As of this writing (June 19, 2008) there is still no word on when Form LD-203 will be released.

Obama’s In-kind Support

From The Minnesota Report:

According to Barack Obama’s website, former Minnesota Gopher and Minnesota Viking safety Jack Brewer has taken “in-kind donation” to new heights: he’s supplied the candidate’s Minnesota headquarters with “office furniture, supplies, and computers.”

Presumably, the donation is within campaign finance limits.

Brewer, an All-Big Ten defender who played for the Purple in 2002 and 2003, is also recruiting NFL players to the Obama cause.

As he explained on the website, “About two months ago, I started to make a lot of calls to NFL contacts to start the group. The feedback was incredible. I sent out 100 text messages and got back 60 from the guys. … I began to organize a few people from each team to serve as representatives and talk about the group in the locker room to the other players.”