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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsElection officials catch dead man donating $100,000 to Sen. Mitch McConnell
Election officials catch dead man donating $100,000 to Sen. Mitch McConnell
By Arturo Garcia
Monday, August 5, 2013 10:00 EDT
Officials with a Kentucky super PAC supporting Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) blame a computer error for a $100,000 contribution that appeared more than a month after the donor died. Meanwhile, the Libertarian Party filed a federal lawsuit to lift limits on posthumous donations.
This is pure free speech, an attorney for the Libertarian party, Alan Gura told USA Today. A dead person cant corrupt someone.
The lawsuit, currently pending before a federal appellate court, seeks to count a $217,000 donation by a deceased Tennessee man, Raymond Groves Burrington, as a lump sum donation for the partys national committee instead of dispersing it in annual installments. Records show a trust in Burringtons name has already given the party $153,200.
Federal regulations currently limit posthumous political donations to no more than $5,200 a year for a federal candidate during an election cycle and $32,400 for parties.
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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/08/05/election-officials-catch-dead-man-donating-100000-to-sen-mitch-mcconnell/
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Election officials catch dead man donating $100,000 to Sen. Mitch McConnell (Original Post)
babylonsister
Aug 2013
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Faryn Balyncd
(5,125 posts)1. Didn't McConnell try to smear Ashley Judd for being from Tennessee?
Now he takes 100 grand from a dead Tennessee man?
SoCalDem
(103,856 posts)2. aw..c'mon..
that man's spirit moved to KY..he's a free spirit
customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)3. I say the punishment should be
the death penalty!
Oops, double jeopardy...
mrdmk
(2,943 posts)4. Ken Lay, is that you?