I'm stuck- help-best way to research money paid to election officials?

[FogerRox]

Ok -- I've been to the FEC and Opensecrets--- cant find a thing.


Right now the big push is about money coming into the state (NJ) and Essex County.

List of suspects:
Carmine Casciano -- Essex COunty supervisor of Elections
Linda Von Nessi ---Board of Elections
Pat Sebold ---Essex COunty Freeholder

Sequoia voting Systems would have probably hired a lobby firm---

Is using the above online sources viable? Am I doing somethang wrong?
Or are we talking open records and FOIA requests?

[acmejack]

1. Try NJ Secratary of State.

They should keep these records in accordance with campaign reporting requirements. The candidates are required to file reports of donations.

[FogerRox]

2. In NJ -- the AG runs elections and may be in the suspect list

Attorney General that is--cant ask him to investigate himself now can we? LOL

[FogerRox]

3. and ah 1 and ah 2 and ah KICK

[NoBushSpokenHere]

4. Is there a way to obtain an order to look into DINO's bank accounts?

We need to do this, if possible.....I bet we can find huge deposits.....any legal eagles want to advise on this?

[garybeck]

5. where do you think the money is coming to/from? n/t

[FogerRox]

6. From Sequoia -- maybe thru a lobby firm-- to folks on the list below

List of suspects:
Carmine Casciano -- Essex COunty supervisor of Elections
Linda Von Nessi ---Board of Elections
Pat Sebold --------Essex County Freeholder
Donna Kelly -------AG staff
Peter Harvey -------NJ AG
Marcus GReen-------chief of staff-- NJ AG

I got the word that there will be an announcment in the paper today.

Apparently Donna Kelly has called for the reversal of the Freeholders vote--there are also rumors about sanctions being handed out.

Gee-- did we start that?

We also found out that NJ passed a law in July of '04 banning lever machines, apparently the word went out that you have to do that to gets funds from HAVA title 1.

SOoo much misinformation going out its got to be coordinated--

Quacks like a duck-
Waddles like a duck

Must be a _ _ _ _

[garybeck]

10. let us know what happens

please give us a link to the article

i have suspicions there is money flowing into Vermont as well. not sure how to prove it.

wondering, is your AG a political position? Is it a dem or repub?

gb

[Melissa G]

7. kick for ideas n/t

[FogerRox]

8. RE BOOT

[Zan_of_Texas]

9. Here's the state politics money website.

See if you can find it here.

FOLLOW THE MONEY

http://www.followthemoney.org/index.phtml?PHPSESSID=a2b7c75a7cad8fe52acc9500c326ed95