Election officials catch dead man donating $100,000 to Sen. Mitch McConnell

[babylonsister]

Election officials catch dead man donating $100,000 to Sen. Mitch McConnell
By Arturo Garcia
Monday, August 5, 2013 10:00 EDT


Officials with a Kentucky super PAC supporting Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) blame a computer error for a $100,000 contribution that appeared more than a month after the donor died. Meanwhile, the Libertarian Party filed a federal lawsuit to lift limits on posthumous donations.

“This is pure free speech,” an attorney for the Libertarian party, Alan Gura told USA Today. “A dead person can’t corrupt someone.”

The lawsuit, currently pending before a federal appellate court, seeks to count a $217,000 donation by a deceased Tennessee man, Raymond Groves Burrington, as a lump sum donation for the party’s national committee instead of dispersing it in annual installments. Records show a trust in Burrington’s name has already given the party $153,200.

Federal regulations currently limit posthumous political donations to no more than $5,200 a year for a federal candidate during an election cycle and $32,400 for parties.

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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/08/05/election-officials-catch-dead-man-donating-100000-to-sen-mitch-mcconnell/

[Faryn Balyncd]

1. Didn't McConnell try to smear Ashley Judd for being from Tennessee?

Now he takes 100 grand from a dead Tennessee man?

[SoCalDem]

2. aw..c'mon..

that man's spirit moved to KY..he's a free spirit

[customerserviceguy]

3. I say the punishment should be

the death penalty!

Oops, double jeopardy...

[mrdmk]

4. Ken Lay, is that you?