Report: Nevada judicial candidates may have broken campaign laws

[Judi Lynn]

Today: January 07, 2005 at 15:47:49 PST

Report: Nevada judicial candidates may have broken campaign laws

ASSOCIATED PRESS

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Several judges and judicial candidates might have violated campaign-finance laws during the 2004 election campaign, according to financial filings with the secretary of state's office.

The candidates also might have disregarded judicial ethics canons during their campaigns.

Three candidates for judgeships each paid $5,000 to appear on a flier that listed Republicans in the nonpartisan races for judges, university regents and school board, the Las Vegas Sun reported Friday.

The donations appear in the filings of the Clark County Republican Central Committee. But the three candidates did not list the contributions in their campaign expense reports, as required by Nevada law, the newspaper said.

In addition, the state's judicial canons bar judicial candidates from publicizing their party affiliation, although they may state it if asked.
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http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nevada/2005/jan/07/010710548.html

[lazarus]

1. No!

I'm shocked, shocked I tell you!, that Republicans would violate campaign laws. They're the law and order party, right? Right?

[UpInArms]

2. you're right, lazarus - I'm shocked too!

hopefully the media won't play this up very much and people will soon forget it even happened /sarcasm

[Renew Deal]

3. Campaigns are tough for judges.

They can't talk about anything. They have nothing to run on except their credentials. I think that it might be better if they are appointed, but that breeds corruption. We have the same issues here in NY (Nassau). They do run on party lines.

[Liberty Belle]

4. Frankly I wish they would have to list party afiliations...

So we could weed out those Republican crooks.