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Thursday, August 19, 2010
Round 2 of the election disclaimer feud
Just a couple days after the county’s Democratic Party chairwoman filed a complaint against Ohio Rep. Courtney Combs, R-Hamilton, for allegedly not having a disclaimer on a couple of his campaign yard signs, the Republicans cried foul against Combs’ opponent, Bruce Carter.
Butler County Republican Party’s Fairfield regional chair Don Carpenter received a flier advertising a fundraiser for Carter in February. It apparently did not have a disclaimer. The flier was not created - and the event was not organized - by Carter.
Carpenter filed the complaint on behalf of Combs to the Ohio Elections Commission on Thursday, Aug. 19.
Combs claims his signs does have disclaimers - and Carpenter quipped, “I guess they didn’t look close enough.” Combs said his disclaimer is under the word “state” in state representative. The flier announcing a Carter fundraiser (not organized by the candidate) did not have a disclaimer.
In the grand scheme of things, not having a disclaimer is a minor offense. The Ohio Revised Code indicates the fine is up to $500. Only about 40 of these types of complaints are received annually at the Ohio Elections Commission.
Combs said he knew of the lack of disclaimer on flier for a planned fundraiser for Carter, but wasn’t going to say anything - that was until the Democrats filed a complaint with the OEC on Tuesday, Aug. 17.
Jocelyn Bucaro said she created the flier before she was the chair of the county’s Democratic Party.
Combs said it doesn’t matter who paid for it, but it needs to be known who did pay for it.
It will be interesting to see how these to complaints play out with the OEC.
But in a back-and-forth of OEC complaints, who really wins? Who gains the political advantage?
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