State GOP Fined By Federal Election Commission
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
The Federal Election Commission says the
Arkansas Republican Party committed eleven violations of federal
campaign finance law and will be fined.
State GOP director Mitchell Lowe says the errors were in the
way the party filed its reports.
The audit found, among other things, that the party misstated
three measures in 1999 and 2000 -- overall contributions, spending
and cash-on-hand. The audit found the party spent 331,021
dollars more than the law allowed in support of the 2000 campaign
of Republican Jay Dickey. Dickey was unseated by Democrat Mike Ross
in a close race for the 4th Congressional District seat.
Both of the state`s major parties have been fined recently by
the FEC.
