Two South Fla. elections officials fined

[DoYouEverWonder]

November 19, 2005

TALLAHASSEE — Two South Florida elections officials will be fined at least $10,000 each for elections law violations, the Florida Elections Commission decided Friday.

Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Arthur Anderson, agreed to a $12,500 fine for five violations associated with a $25,000 campaign loan from his wife in his 2004 election campaign to unseat Theresa LePore.

The commission also decided to fine Miriam Oliphant, a former Broward County elections supervisor, $10,000 for probable violations of elections laws because dozens of precincts opened late or closed early in the 2002 election. Gov. Jeb Bush removed her from office following the botched election.

The complaints against Anderson, who defeated LePore, were filed last year by her campaign manager, Ron Harbison.

The elections commission found probable cause in February to charge that Anderson had violated state elections laws by claiming on campaign finance reports that a $25,000 contribution from his wife was a personal loan and partially repaying the loan from his campaign chest.

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/state/content/local_news/epaper/2005/11/19/m5c_fec_1119.html


As usual, election laws only apply to Democrats in the state of FL.

[lonestarnot]

1. Oh and yet another teddy bear award this morning!

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[shenmue]

2. Punish these people

Stealing from the people. Stealing our basic Constitutional rights. How dare they? These bastards.

They deserve to be wearing stripes and eating out of a little tray for a long time.

Let them lose their voting rights. Then they'll see how it feels.

[DoYouEverWonder]

3. Read the story again

Remember Teresa La Pore? She's the only 'winner' in this story. It's a bogus charge against the man she ran against last time. He decided just to pay the award instead of fighting her through the courts.