Posted on 08/14/2010 11:45:29 AM PDT by Optimist
What do you do when the person responsible for overseeing our elections fails miserably in following the very laws put into place that assure fair elections? In other words: who watches The Watcher?
In political campaigning great efforts have been made, and systems put into place, (snip) the rules for candidates and their committees also assures that we the voters are not unfairly influenced in our vote by the hiding of significant information.
(snip)candidates for state offices and some county offices must also report the details of their campaigns to the statewide authority: the Missouri Ethics Commission (MEC). Since it wouldnt be appropriate for the sitting County Clerk to have regulatory oversight over their own (and their opponents) campaigns, candidates running for the position of County Clerk are obviously required to file with the MEC .
Obviously, that is, unless you are the County Clerk in Buchanan County. (snip) our Buchanan County Clerk of 5 months who claims to have many years of election experience somehow felt that those rules didnt apply to her. From the time she first began accepting campaign contributions on January 20, until she finally got around to filing her reports with the MEC (on July 20th, just 2 weeks before the August primary), 6 full months had passed without her providing legally required campaign details. Thats half a year! full article
(Excerpt) Read more at blog.missourivalues.org ...
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
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exactly
In my opinion, Robin Carnahan should resign as Missouri Secretary of State because she is currently running for the U.S. Senate seat. The executive position includes election oversight and you cant referee the game youre playing in. Don’t you agree?
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