http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53035-2004Oct21.html?nav=hcmoduleGOP Accuses Democrats of Violating Campaign Law in Fla.
By Thomas B. Edsall
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, October 22, 2004; Page A07
Republicans charged yesterday that the Kerry campaign, the Democratic Party, labor unions and other groups have organized a get-out-the-vote operation in Florida that violates federal campaign finance law.
The Republican National Committee and the Florida Republican Party obtained a 46-page document in which Kerry's campaign, the Democratic National Committee, a number of unions and the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers are shown to agree "to contribute field and fundraising help" for a massive turnout drive.
Jill Vogel, the RNC's chief counsel, said the document shows "illegal coordination resulting in excessive and prohibited contributions," including the illegal use of soft money in a federal election and the making of illegal soft money contributions to the Kerry campaign. She said the RNC will file a complaint with the Federal Election Commission, but she acknowledged that there is little likelihood of regulatory action in the final 12 days of the campaign.