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Will the weirdness never stop?

Illinois Senate candidate Alan Keyes’ 2000 presidential campaign has been fined $23,000 for campaign finance violations including taking excessive contributions.

The Federal Election Commission also ordered Keyes’ presidential campaign to repay the federal government $95,302. Keyes accepted partial government financing for the 2000 presidential primaries, in which he competed unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination against President Bush and others.

In all, Keyes’ 2000 presidential campaign must pay the government $118,302, the FEC said Thursday.

The campaign admitted accepting $168,200 worth of contributions over the individual donation limit, which in 2000 was $1,000 per person. It also acknowledged it had taken at least $15,000 in anonymous contributions, among other violations.

The earlier story said it was just $1,500 in anonymous contributions.

posted by Rich Miller
Thursday, Oct 14, 04 @ 4:16 pm

Comments

I can’t imagine anyone giving money to Alan Keyes in any way other than anonymously.

Comment by So-Called Austin Mayor Thursday, Oct 14, 04 @ 7:00 pm
Leave Keyes alone! He took the money for a good cause…he did have his kid’s tuition to fink out on, after all.

Comment by Anonymous Friday, Oct 15, 04 @ 12:28 am