Va. Dems decry GOP funding in SBE complaint

Va. Dems decry GOP funding in SBE complaint
By BOB LEWIS
AP Political Writer
October 21, 2005
RICHMOND, Va. -- Virginia Democrats alleged in a State Board of Elections complaint Friday that two Republican organizations broke state campaign finance laws.

One allegation targets the Republican State Leadership Committee on grounds that it is paying to televise campaign ads for Republican attorney general candidate Robert F. McDonnell.

State Democratic leaders believe the RSLC is serving as a passthrough, doing the bidding of a wealthy and perhaps well-known individual donor while keeping his identity secret until after the Nov. 8 election.

The second says U.S. Rep. Tom Davis's federal political action committee gave money to Republican candidates for Virginia offices this year without registering the PAC with the state board.

Virginia Democratic Chairman C. Richard Cranwell of Vinton and the party's attorney, Jay B. Myerson, said in the complaint that the RSLC, based in Washington, is attempting "an illegal end run" around Virginia election laws.
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