Elections Officer’s Letter Seeks Illegal Donations
The state’s chief elections officer, accused of mishandling the presidential vote in Ohio, sent a fundraising letter for his own 2006 gubernatorial campaign that was accompanied by a request for illegal contributions.
A pledge card with the letter from Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell, a Republican who co-chaired the Bush-Cheney election campaign in Ohio, said, “Corporate and personal checks are welcome.”
Corporate donations are illegal in Ohio.
Blackwell’s fundraising coordinator blamed a printer for the mistake, saying it used a template for an issue committee, which is allowed to accept corporate donations.
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