Audit Shows Cranston 1984 Campaign Issued 736 Unsecured Checks
Sen. Alan Cranston’s campaign for the 1984 presidential nomination bounced 736 checks totaling more than $166,000 during the California Democrat’s unsuccessful bid, a Federal Election Commission audit said Thursday.
The campaign paid $5,502 in bad check charges to three banks. The FEC ordered the campaign to repay the government’s share of those charges in federal matching funds, which amounted to $1,828.
In addition, the FEC audit found that the campaign was fined more than $6,000 for failing to pay to federal and state governments taxes withheld from employees on time. For that, and for paying $875 in parking and traffic tickets, the FEC wants the campaign to repay just over $2,300.
Cranston dropped out of the nomination fight on March 1, after failing to place as a top contender in either the Iowa caucuses or the New Hampshire primary.
In a footnote, the audit noted that the Cranston campaign may have spent more than the legal limit in the Iowa caucuses.
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