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State ethics commission finds reasonable grounds on six alleged campaign violations against local mayoral candidate
Summary
At a Jan. 15 preliminary hearing the commission denied the respondent's continuance request and found reasonable grounds to believe a local candidate committed six violations including accepting a $3,000 anonymous contribution and failing to maintain a campaign depository and required reports.
The Government Transparency & Campaign Finance Commission denied a continuance request and voted Jan. 15 to find reasonable grounds that multiple provisions of Georgia campaign-finance law were violated by a respondent identified in the record as Maxwell in case 24-0058-C.
Chair treated the respondent's absence and email exchange with staff as a motion for continuance. Staff investigator Mr. Baywell told commissioners he received a screenshot showing a 1:45 p.m. appointment at a Pearson testing center and not clearly a medical appointment; Baywell said he had asked for clearer proof, had informally communicated with the respondent by email and phone, and did not find the explanation sufficient to delay proceedings. The…
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