RNC Head Sets the Standard
Apr 19th, 2007 at 10:30 am by Susie
They’re all about the integrity, aren’t they?
WASHINGTON — Sen. Mel Martinez of Florida repeatedly violated federal election law during his 2004 campaign, including accepting donations that exceeded legal limits, a new audit shows.
The Republican’s campaign also failed to report enough information about its donors nearly half of the time, according to a survey that was part of a broad Federal Election Commission probe released Wednesday.
The Martinez campaign attributed the violations to poor bookkeeping, but a spokesman for Florida Democrats called the mistakes an example of bad leadership.
Researched for more than a year, the FEC audit details four violations committed by Martinez during a campaign that raised about $12 million to narrowly defeat Democrat Betty Castor. [...]
The FEC found that the “Martinez for Senate” committee accepted more than $300,000 in donations that exceeded legal limits. Most of these 186 violations were the result of improper filing.
So what are the consequences?