Tuesday, December 02, 2014
http://www.thestarpress.com/story/news/local/2014/12/02/election-board-fines-candidate/19804569/
MUNCIE -- Yorktown Town Council member Lon Fox on Tuesday was fined $250 by the Delaware County Election Board for failing to include a legal disclaimer on a campaign mailing.
Election board fines candidate
Fox — a Republican who last month won re-election to his board seat — at a Nov. 27 election board meeting said he had "rushed through" the process of preparing a campaign flier, and failed to include the required "paid for by" disclaimer.The mailing went to 692 homes in Yorktown.
http://propertytaxrepeal.com/Misc%20Info/Hiatt%20Motion%20to%20Dismiss.pdf
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MUNCIE -- Yorktown Town Council member Lon Fox on Tuesday was fined $250 by the Delaware County Election Board for failing to include a legal disclaimer on a campaign mailing.
Election board fines candidate
Fox — a Republican who last month won re-election to his board seat — at a Nov. 27 election board meeting said he had "rushed through" the process of preparing a campaign flier, and failed to include the required "paid for by" disclaimer.The mailing went to 692 homes in Yorktown.
A motion by Republican board member Brandon Murphy to conclude the Fox matter without a fine died for lack of a second.
County Clerk Steve Craycraft said the board "set a precedent last year" when it fined two political action committees — formed in support of a referendum seeking a tax hike for Muncie Community Schools — for failing to file finance reports.
Craycraft proposed Fox be fined $1,000, with all but $250 suspended. Murphy and Democratic board member Denise Moore agreed.
Mike Blanch, a Democrat who failed in a bid for a Yorktown Town Council seat, had filed a complaint over Fox's mailing, and also filed four complaints stemming from the Yorktown JAA email, which also did not include a legal disclaimer.
Delaware County Prosecutor Jeffrey Arnold, who attended both election board meetings addressing the Yorktown complaints, later said he did not intend to pursue any related criminal charges.
Contact news reporter Douglas Walker at (765) 213-5851. You can also follow him on Twitter @DouglasWalkerSP.
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i'm looking into the history a bit. here's a local blogger who knows something:
As a parting reminder of how the election board governs, please remember the aggressive prosecution of a missing disclaimer initiated by the Delaware County Election Board.
And the absence of such prosecution when committed by the prosecutor.
https://munciepolitics.wordpress.com/tag/steve-craycraft/
http://archive.thestarpress.com/article/20100421/NEWS06/100421032/Judge-throws-Hiatt-case-out-court
http://propertytaxrepeal.com/ chris hiatt's site.
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http://archive.thestarpress.com/article/20100421/NEWS06/100421032/Judge-throws-Hiatt-case-out-court
WINCHESTER - A judge on Wednesday afternoon dismissed an election-related misdemeanor pending against local government critic Chris Hiatt.
Hiatt had been scheduled to stand trial Thursday on the charge, filed last April after the president
of the Citizens of Delaware County for Property Tax Repeal was indicted by a Delaware County grand jury.
of the Citizens of Delaware County for Property Tax Repeal was indicted by a Delaware County grand jury.
A November 2008 newspaper ad paid for by the CDCPTR that endorsed candidates in that month's election did not include a state-required disclaimer. ...
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