Tom Tancredo and Bay Buchanan may be violating Arizona state law
Officials: Campaign-finance rules ban anti-recall corporate donations
A national fundraising effort to fight the recall against Senate President Russell Pearce may be running afoul of state campaign-finance laws.
Team America, a political-action committee headed by former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., sent an e-mail blast Friday soliciting corporate and private donations for Citizens Who Oppose the Pearce Recall.
“Russell needs a quick infusion of funds to get his campaign started,” said the e-mail, from Team America co-chair Bay Buchanan.
“Because it is a recall effort corporate funds are welcome and contributions are unlimited!!”
But state elections officials say Arizona law bans corporate and union donations to influence an election, and that includes opposing a recall effort.
“It is unlawful for corporations or labor unions to make expenditures that influence elections,” state Election Director Amy Bjelland wrote in an informal opinion June 2.
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