Michigan GOP and Nader

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http://www.mi-democrats.com/PR8-24-05Nader.htm

Michigan Republicans carried Nader petitions and were really the only reason that Nader was on the ballot in Michigan.

<"LANSING - An investigation by the professional, nonpartisan staff of the Federal Election Commission (FEC) into a complaint filed by the MDP concerning the Michigan Republican Party's efforts to place Ralph Nader on the 2004 Michigan ballot has found reason to believe that the GOP made an excessive contribution to the Nader for President campaign and failed to report and misreported its expenditures for that effort.

"The investigation by the FEC's staff completely vindicates our complaint that the Michigan GOP broke the law in its desperate effort to help Bush win Michigan in 2004 by placing Ralph Nader on the ballot," said MDP Chair Mark Brewer. "Not only did their election ploy fail, but they have now been found to have acted illegally as well."

"We are satisfied with investigation and have no objection to the FEC's decision not pursue the matter any further given that the election was over nearly ten months ago and that the GOP's illegal conduct was irrelevant to the election's outcome, and proved to be a waste of their time and resources," continued Brewer. "It should be noted that the architect of this illegal scheme was then GOP-Executive Director Greg McNeilly who is now Dick DeVos' campaign manager."

This finding is the latest in a series of FEC audits and investigations of the MIGOP during the last 10 years revealing millions of dollars in illegal and/or unreported expenditures.">