Late Colorado campaign filing fees adding up
Posted: 10.18.2009 at 9:21 PM
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DENVER (AP) — The Denver Post reports that elected officials, lobbyists, and political candidates and campaigns owe the secretary of state's office more than $500,000 in fines, mostly for failing to properly file paperwork disclosing their donors.

Campaigns are fined $50 a day and lobbyists pay $10 daily for late filings.

The Denver Post reports that among those owing money are the Conservative Caucus of Delta County, with $67,900 in fines.

State Rep. Jack Pommer has been late filing paperwork too and filed his January paperwork in July. This summer the Democrat from Boulder paid $15,000 in accumulated fines. He paid the remaining $9,120 after The Denver Post contacted him last week.

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