Indiana's election commission deadlocks

See Election Fine Against Lawmaker Erased in the Indianapolis Star. The article begins: "An Indiana lawmaker will pay no penalty despite repeatedly breaking state election laws, after the Indiana Election Commission deadlocked along party lines on his punishment Thursday.

The partisan impasse erased the $10,000 fine levied by the commission in June against state Rep. Brooks LaPlante, R-Terre Haute, for failing to report any of the money he poured into his campaign in the final days before the election."

Republicans in House Threaten to Use Subpoena Power Against Democratic 527 Organizations

The dispute is getting nastier. See this Washington Post report. See also this Roll Call breaking news report (paid registration required).

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