FEC: Bachmann’s campaign finance errors a “serious problem”
By Andy Birkey 3/26/10 8:35 AM
The Federal Elections Commission sent a letter to Rep. Michele Bachmann’s campaign on Thursday warning of numerous errors in her campaign finance reports. Among the problems are accepting contributions above the legal limit from both individuals and political action committees and incorrect or missing dates, names and employers.
“The acceptance of excessive contributions is a serious problem,” the letter said. “Again, the committee’s procedures for processing contributions should be examined and corrected in order to avoid this problem. Although the Commission may take further legal action, prompt action by you to refund, redesignate, and/or reattribute of the excessive amount will be taken into consideration.”
Among the complaints identified by the FEC, Bachmann had “one or more contributions that
appear to exceed the limits set forth in the Act,” “incorrect values in the ‘Election Cycle-to-Date’ field,” “contributions from individuals for which the identification is not complete,” and the report “contains entries for contributions made by more than one person.”
The FEC identified at least 70 errors or illegal contributions on Bachmann’s report (pdf).
(Hat tip: Dump Bachmann)
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