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State Board of Elections hears dozens of 'stand‑by‑your‑ad' and campaign‑finance appeals, issues fines and grants partial relief
Summary
The board heard multiple complaints and appeals about missing or inadequate campaign disclosure boxes on print materials, adjudicated first‑time and repeat cases, assessed fines (commonly reduced for first‑time errors), dismissed some complaints, and carried select matters to May for additional documentation.
The Virginia State Board of Elections spent the bulk of its March 25 session adjudicating a long slate of campaign‑advertising and campaign‑finance appeals — primarily complaints that political printed materials lacked the required boxed disclosure or used disclosures that were too small. The board weighed penalties, granted relief in some cases, dismissed several complaints and carried at least one matter to its May meeting for additional documentation.
Respondents and committee representatives repeatedly told the board that the boxed disclaimer requirement is new to the current cycle and that volunteer production and administrative turnover contributed to errors. For example, Mr.…
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