The Arizona Secretary of State’s office is asking state prosecutors to investigate who was behind mysterious campaign signs in the recall election of Senator Russell Pearce. The signs failed to include who paid for them--a violation of state election law. From Phoenix, KJZZ’s Paul Atkinson reports.
MATT ROBERTS “If they aren’t specifically created by the candidate and put out by the candidate then they do have to have this paid for disclosure on there. The public had the right to know who is trying to influence their elections.”
Roberts says a reasonable cause notice was sent to the Attorney Generals office after Cortes final campaign finance report failed to disclose any spending on signs. Whoever is responsible faces up to a thousand dollar fine. For KJZZ, I’m Paul Atkinson.