Conflict of Interest and Federal Election Law

[proud patriot]

Well Katherine Harris was the chairperson for the
Florida bush 2000 campaign while also being SOS the
person in charge of the Florida Election process.

this year I learned that Ken Blackwell the SOS of
Ohio is also the Chairperson for the bush campaign
in Ohio.

I need to know a few things and I'm hoping you can help me .

1) does it say anywhere in election law where this
conflict of interest is allowed or disallowed ?

2)in 2000 and 2004 were there any Dem SOS as chair people
for the Gore or Kerry Campaigns ?

3) Exactly how common is this ?

4)what is needed to change the law if Necessary to
to ensure some sense of fairness for the American
people in future elections ?

Thanks for any help in advance :hi:

[donkeyotay]

1. I'm looking, but I haven't found any other chairs of campaigns as SOS's

But I did find some potentially interesting info on Blackwell's bio. He's quite into technology. (He's also unabashedly pursuing the governor's office in 2006.)

<<snip>>
Mr. Blackwell's public service includes… a member of the board of directors of the Campaign Finance Institute in Washington, D.C., a member of the Advisory Panel of the Federal Elections Commission, and a member of the board of directors of the John M. Ashbrook Center for Public Affairs (Ashland University). He is president of the National Electronic Commerce Coordinating Council, a member of the Harvard Policy Group on Network-Enabled Services and Government, and a member of the Advisory Board of The Princeton Review.

In March 2002, he was recognized as one of the top 25 government leaders in information technology by Government Technology magazine, and he later delivered the keynote address at Governing magazine’s national conference on “Managing Technology.” Over 20 years ago, he began his work in using technology to help government fulfill its mission and commitment to citizens as a member of the board of directors of Public Technology, Inc., located in Washington, D.C....

http://www.kenblackwell.com/bio.asp

[proud patriot]

2. Thanks for looking donkeyotay , I've had the same luck as you

I'm mean there has got to be a law or rule about this ,
right?