Posted by
Gary Gross on Thursday, October 05, 2006 10:26:24 PM
The Missouri Democrat Party is illegally sending millions of pieces of mail on behalf of Claire McCaskill’s campaign to unsuspecting Missourians, according to a Federal Election Commission complaint filed today by the Missouri Republican Party.
"Direct mail pieces being distributed by the Missouri Democrat State Committee provide strong evidence that the Democrat Party is engaging in a large scale and illegal coordinated campaign to support Claire McCaskill," said Jared Craighead, executive director of the Missouri Republican Party. "This is a clear example of Democrats turning a blind eye to federal election law and they should be held accountable."
Coordination between a political party and a federal candidate is permitted only for certain, specific volunteer activities. Otherwise, such coordinated activities count as contributions to the candidate's campaign and are strictly limited by federal campaign finance law.
If this is accurate information, then this is proof that Claire McCaskill is a living, breathing election law criminal. Earlier, I reported
this McCaskill quote:"...here (St. Louis) and in Kansas City the mayor and the county executive have donated 150 employees to work on the election on Election Day..."
Now we find out that the Missouri Democratic Party's staffers are sending out "millions of pieces of mail on behalf of Claire McCaskill’s campaign to unsuspecting Missourians", according to an FEC complaint filed by the Missouri GOP. This begs these questions:
- Why is the state party doing these mailings?
- Why have St. Louis and KC elected officials "donated' government employees for GOTV operations?
- Doesn't Claire McCaskill have enough supporters willing to do this work?