U.S. Sen. Martinez violated election law in 2004 with oversized donations, audit finds
By Mark K. Matthews
Washington Bureau
April 19, 2007
WASHINGTON · Sen. Mel Martinez repeatedly violated federal election law during his 2004 campaign, including accepting donations that exceeded legal limits, a new audit shows.
The Florida Republican's campaign also failed to report enough information about its donors almost half of the time, according to a survey that was part of a broad Federal Election Commission investigation released Wednesday.
The Martinez campaign attributed the violations to poor bookkeeping, but Florida Democrats called the mistakes an example of bad leadership.
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