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LaSalle County State’s Attorney Brian Towne facing State Board of Elections complaint

By Kirk Allen & John Kraft

On July 27, 2016

LaSalle Co. (ECWd) –

I first reported on LaSalle County State’s Attorney Brian Towne’s campaign reporting irregularities in this article.

I had described the situation to the State Board of Elections prior to our first article, which was a person holding a fund-raising event and collecting contributions from those attending in the form of checks made payable to himself, then he deposits those funds and writes a check from his account to the Campaign.  In short, the reporting reflects one person making the donation, when in fact, it was actually several people.  As I understand the statute, that would be a violation of section 9-7 .1(b).  The SBE confirmed our belief on the matter so now the next step has been taken.

A formal complaint was filed with the State Board of Elections today by John Kraft of Paris, also Co-Founder of our organization, Edgar County Watchdogs.

A copy of the complaint can be viewed and downloaded below.

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