Who Watches “The Watcher”? (MO politics)

Missourians for Conservative Values ^ | August 12, 2010 | Andre

[Optimist]

What do you do when the person responsible for overseeing our elections fails miserably in following the very laws put into place that assure fair elections? In other words: who watches “The Watcher”?

In political campaigning great efforts have been made, and systems put into place, (snip) the rules for candidates and their committees also assures that we the voters are not unfairly influenced in our vote by the hiding of significant information.

(snip)candidates for state offices and some county offices must also report the details of their campaigns to the statewide authority: the Missouri Ethics Commission (MEC). Since it wouldn’t be appropriate for the sitting County Clerk to have regulatory oversight over their own (and their opponents’) campaigns, candidates running for the position of County Clerk are obviously required to file with the MEC… .

Obviously, that is, unless you are the County Clerk in Buchanan County. (snip) our Buchanan County Clerk of 5 months who claims to have many years of election “experience” somehow felt that those rules didn’t apply to her. From the time she first began accepting campaign contributions on January 20, until she finally got around to filing her reports with the MEC (on July 20th, just 2 weeks before the August primary), 6 full months had passed without her providing legally required campaign details. That’s half a year! full article

[Optimist]

County Clerk (formerly Chief Deputy Clerk with 17 yrs experience)just received governor's appointment last March after her Boss was elected State Rep. in special election. She should know the election laws

[Bean Counter]

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

[Optimist]

MO ping

[Optimist]

exactly

[Jonah Vark]

In my opinion, Robin Carnahan should resign as Missouri Secretary of State because she is currently running for the U.S. Senate seat. The executive position includes election oversight and you can’t referee the game you’re playing in. Don’t you agree?