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Government

Oct. 25, 2011

Campaign watchdog mulls limits amid scandal

When a campaign collects the allowed from a donor only to see its war chest wiped clean by theft, can the same donor be tapped all over again? That's just one of several legal questions the FCCP must weigh in the wake of a fraud case.


By Emily Green


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SACRAMENTO - When a political campaign collects the maximum legal amount allowed from a donor, only to see its war chest wiped clean by theft, can the same generous donor be tapped again?


That's just one of several, messy legal questions the California Fair Political Practices Commission is scrambling to address in the wake of a sweeping federal fraud case against a major Democratic Party accountan...

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