From The Associated Press, 10/15/04:
http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/10/15/il.senate.keyes.ap/index.html
Keyes receives fine for past violation
Ethics group files new complaint
SPRINGFIELD, Illinois (AP) --
The Federal Elections Commission fined Alan Keyes' 2000 presidential
campaign $23,000 Thursday, and an ethics group filed a new complaint
alleging misconduct by his current U.S. Senate campaign.
The FEC found that Keyes took excessive contributions when he sought
the Republican presidential nomination in 2000.
It ordered him to pay a fine and repay the government $95,302 in
public funding that his campaign accepted.
His presidential 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.
Also Thursday, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
filed an FEC complaint alleging that Keyes current Senate campaign had
improperly coordinated with a group running ads that target his
opponent, Democrat Barack Obama.
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