Off the Green
The Republican candidate for governor of Wisconsin, Mark "not that one" Green, has been ordered to give back half a million dollars in donations he had reeled in while running for Congress. State law allows Green to use the money, but the partisan Wisconsin election board passed a rule… well, just read it.
Wednesday's actions were in response to a complaint brought by the
Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, which alleged Green should be subject to
an "emergency rule" the board passed prohibiting candidates for state
office from converting funds from prior federal campaigns if the donors
are not registered in Wisconsin or the gifts exceed state limits.The
Elections Board, which is dominated by Democrats, first adopted the
rule in 2005, one day after Green transferred his federal money to his
state account.The rule was quickly suspended by a committee of
the Republican-controlled Legislature. But the full Legislature never
adopted the required follow-up legislation to permanently kill the rule
before lawmakers went home July 12.
Anyone care to explain why the election board's Libertarian member voted to screw Green?