COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Libertarians’ would-be candidate for governor last year has filed an elections complaint claiming Gov. John Kasich’s re-election team violated campaign-finance law by keeping him off the ballot.
Charlie Earl’s complaint, submitted to the Ohio Elections Commission on Wednesday, alleges that Kasich’s campaign colluded with GOP activist Terry Casey to successfully disqualify Earl because of invalid petition signatures.Kasich’s campaign and Casey have each denied the accusation.
Because of their collaboration, Earl’s complaint claims, the $250,000 in legal bills Casey now owes because of the challenge constitute an illegal “in-kind” contribution to Kasich’s campaign.
The complaint states that Kasich’s campaign should be fined $720,000, or three times the amount by which the contribution exceeded Ohio’s $10,000 political donation limit.
Earl also claims that Kasich’s campaign should face additional fines for not reporting the in-kind contribution and “actively concealing it.”
Rest of the article, including a full copy of Earl’s complaint, can be read here.
Kudos to Charlie Earl for not just walking away but continuing to stick his finger in the eye of the Ohio RP.
It would be a nice start. But yeah, it’s not exactly likely to happen.
They deserve much, much more than that.
“Matt Cholko
April 15, 2015 at 10:59 pm
^ yeah, that’s gonna happen”
I did not say that it was going to happen, I said that Kasich and his fellow Republican cronies deserve to have it happen.
^ yeah, that’s gonna happen
Kasich deserves to get fined and the proceeds ought to go to the Libertarian Party of Ohio and/or to the Libertarian Party candidates who were illegally kept off the ballot so they can use the funds for their next campaigns.
Kevin Knedler tells me there are 3 Democrats, 3 Republicans, and one independent on the Ohio Election Commission.