Clean Elections tells court it must investigate Green Party fraud claims
The Arizona Citizens Clean Election Commission is defending its authority to investigate fraud claims involving two Green Party candidates. The commission argues the investigation is part of its legal duty to protect the state's campaign finance system. It has asked a Maricopa County Superior Court judge to dismiss a lawsuit seeking to block the inquiry.
The Arizona Citizens Clean Election Commission says that its investigation into whether two Green Party candidates fraudulently qualified for campaign funding is squarely within the scope of its legally mandated job of protecting the state’s public campaign finance system, and that a Maricopa County Superior Court judge should throw out the candidates’ lawsuit to block […]
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