NOM Fined for Violating Maine Campaign Finance Law

[dlwickham]

The antigay National Organization for Marriage was slapped with a $2,000 fine in Maine for missing a campaign finance deadline in the weeks before Mainers voted to uphold marriage equality on November 6, reports the Kennebec Journal.

The Maine ethics commission Wednesday voted unanimously to fine NOM for missing an October 26 deadline by 14 hours, concluding that the antigay group violated state law requiring it to file its 11-day pre-general election report, according to the Journal. State law allows for a fine up to $8,000, but the commission decided to reduce the maximum by 75% because the NOM missed the deadline so narrowly.

"The report was only 14 hours late," ethics commission executive director Jonathan Wayne told the Journal. "And half of those [hours] happened in the night when members of the public weren't on our website [looking for information]."

http://www.advocate.com/politics/marriage-equality/2012/11/29/nom-fined-violating-maine-campaign-ethics-law

[xfundy]

1. That's hardly even a slap on the wrist.

Those bastards are LOADED with blood money.

[dlwickham]

3. the way I see it

it's $2000 less that they can use to promote their hatred

[Angry Dragon]

2. I vote for 14 days in prison ......... just to educate them

and see if they can open their eyes to the evil of their ways

[joeybee12]

4. Not much of a fine, but they'll be bankrupt soon enough...

So every little bit helps.