When a government employee misses campaign finance report deadlines or inaccurately lists expenses, these violations are supposed to result in a fine. But during recent years, 62 percent of finance reporting penalties have not been paid, and violators have not been prosecuted.
From the story: “During the 2012 and 2014 primary and general election, Secretary of State Dianna Duran collected only 4 percent of the 1,984 fines her office assessed, according to a Daily Times analysis of the office's campaign finance data, which were obtained in an Inspection of Public Records Act request. She waived 34 percent of the other fines, and her staff had not collected another 62 percent, according to the data analysis.”
Read the full story by the Daily Times.