Post by Logan on Apr 18, 2016 1:42:16 GMT -6
Complaints filed against Baltimore mayoral candidate Catherine Pugh, donors
The State Board of Elections has forwarded to prosecutors a citizen's complaint that a developer used several different companies to give money to the Baltimore mayoral campaign of state Sen. Catherine E. Pugh in order to circumvent donation limits in the Democratic primary.
The complaint — which was filed last month and obtained by The Baltimore Sun Friday through a Maryland Public Information Act request — centers on whether developer Armando Cignarale and companies connected to him violated state law by contributing $36,000 to Pugh's campaign for mayor.
Board officials also have received a complaint about Pugh's effort to get out the vote in Baltimore. During job interviews, the Pugh campaign has been offering job candidates food before busing some to the polls for early voting. At least one potential worker told The Sun he felt pressured to vote for Pugh after visiting her campaign office in search of a job.
The Pugh campaign has denied any wrongdoing. Pugh spokesman Anthony McCarthy said the campaign re-evaluated its "procedures and protocols" and did not believe it was necessary to change the recruitment efforts, including its job screenings, free meals provided to potential workers, offers of bus rides to the polls or snack bags provided on the buses.
Read more: www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/2016-mayor-race/bs-md-ci-pugh-donations-20160417-story.html
The State Board of Elections has forwarded to prosecutors a citizen's complaint that a developer used several different companies to give money to the Baltimore mayoral campaign of state Sen. Catherine E. Pugh in order to circumvent donation limits in the Democratic primary.
The complaint — which was filed last month and obtained by The Baltimore Sun Friday through a Maryland Public Information Act request — centers on whether developer Armando Cignarale and companies connected to him violated state law by contributing $36,000 to Pugh's campaign for mayor.
Board officials also have received a complaint about Pugh's effort to get out the vote in Baltimore. During job interviews, the Pugh campaign has been offering job candidates food before busing some to the polls for early voting. At least one potential worker told The Sun he felt pressured to vote for Pugh after visiting her campaign office in search of a job.
The Pugh campaign has denied any wrongdoing. Pugh spokesman Anthony McCarthy said the campaign re-evaluated its "procedures and protocols" and did not believe it was necessary to change the recruitment efforts, including its job screenings, free meals provided to potential workers, offers of bus rides to the polls or snack bags provided on the buses.
Read more: www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/2016-mayor-race/bs-md-ci-pugh-donations-20160417-story.html