Archive for Friday, July 6, 2012  GOP fined for
finance violation  July 6, 2012   The Federal Elections
Commission announced this week that it fined the Kansas
Republican Party $6,500 in February for violating campaign
finance laws during the 2007-08 election cycle.  The FEC
concluded that during that period, the Kansas GOP incorrectly
reported receipts, disbursements and cash totals, and repeatedly
overstated the amount of money it had, The Topeka Capital-
Journal reported.  The agency said the state party also accepted
an illegal $10,000 contribution from a limited liability company
that was treated as a corporation for tax purposes.  The
sanction comes after the 2010 elections in which Kansas
Republicans won every statewide elected office, all
congressional positions and also widened its majority in the
Kansas House.  Kris Kobach, currently the Kansas secretary of
state, led the Kansas GOP as party chairman at the time the
violations occurred. He said he believes the flawed accounting
was unintentional.  “T