Word: ec
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...victory seems to be the result of a very visible and creative campaign, aided by the pair's heavy postering, which brought them close to the EC's spending limit and got their name out to voters...
...EC seems unclear about whether the Driskell-Burton ticket actually exceeded this limit. This ambiguity and the EC's questionable response have fueled speculation on the council that the ticket should have been disqualified from the race...
According to rules posted on the EC Web site, spending more than $100 should immediately result in disqualification from the race. The only way a candidate can exonerate him or herself after exceeding the limit is if it was exceeded by the payment of penalty fines imposed by the EC...
...almost 24 hours after the election, four EC members said that Driskell and Burton had exceeded the spending limit...
...EC members say they were unaware of the actual wording of the rules. At first they said the campaign was allowed to return enough materials to bring them back under the $100 limit...