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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSubpoenas will ramp up Maine investigation into national conservative group (ALEC)
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David Armiak
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Coverage of the state of Maines investigation into ALECs campaign software in the local paper today. Subpoenas are coming for ALEC who has decided not to cooperate with Maines investigators.
bangordailynews.com
Subpoenas will ramp up Maine investigation into national conservative group
At the heart of the probe is whether ALEC violated state campaign finance laws that limit contributions to legislative candidates at $400 by providing the software to two Maine Republican lawmakers.
5:23 PM · Feb 28, 2022
David Armiak
@duboo
Coverage of the state of Maines investigation into ALECs campaign software in the local paper today. Subpoenas are coming for ALEC who has decided not to cooperate with Maines investigators.
bangordailynews.com
Subpoenas will ramp up Maine investigation into national conservative group
At the heart of the probe is whether ALEC violated state campaign finance laws that limit contributions to legislative candidates at $400 by providing the software to two Maine Republican lawmakers.
5:23 PM · Feb 28, 2022
https://bangordailynews.com/2022/02/28/politics/alec-subpenas-maine-investigation/
AUGUSTA, Maine A divided Maine campaign finance watchdog voted Monday to escalate an investigation into a national conservative group by allowing staff to ask a court for sensitive documents on a software program.
The five-member Maine Ethics Commission voted 3-2 on Monday to allow staff to subpoena the American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC, to require them to turn over documents that staff could use to determine if it violated state contribution laws by allowing lawmakers to use software that contains voter information and is used to track constituent interactions.
In a rare divided vote of the commission, Bill Lee and Sarah LeClair, both Democrats, voted to allow subpoenas, as did independent Dennis Marble. Former Attorney General William Schneider and former state Sen. David Hastings, both Republicans, opposed the idea.
ALEC has refused to participate in Maines investigation, saying it believes it is illegitimate. The Monday move is expected to lead to months of litigation over the subpoenas, Jonathan Wayne, the executive director of the commission, told the panel in a memo.
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Subpoenas will ramp up Maine investigation into national conservative group (ALEC) (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Mar 2022
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(9,457 posts)1. I would love to see them expose ALEC. nt
Get Me Outta Here
(97 posts)2. Members of the Party of Assholes Oppose Truth
Im shocked, I tell you. Shocked.