SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota Information Now) – Governor Noem’s Gubernatorial marketing campaign is looking for an investigation into what it considers marketing campaign finance violations concerning her opponent Rep. Jaimie Smith’s gubernatorial marketing campaign.
Governor Noem’s marketing campaign spokesperson, Ian Fury, alleges that Rep. Smith’s marketing campaign “illegally” deposited greater than half-a-million {dollars} in contributions, saying these contributions violated state legislation as a result of they weren’t itemized and have been lacking info resembling mailing tackle, metropolis, and state of every particular person making a contribution of multiple hundred {dollars}.
Fury says 33 pages price of violations have been made, totaling at the least 1,500 itemized violations.
The Governor’s marketing campaign pointed to South Dakota Codified Regulation 12-27-24(12), which states “If any info required by the part is unknown to the political committee, the political committee might not deposit the contribution.”
Consultant Smith responded to the allegations Monday night, saying: “All the pieces was submitted in a well timed method and in accordance with South Dakota’s marketing campaign finance laws. I take these allegations very significantly and have directed my accounting crew to establish any errors, technical or human, in our report and proper them instantly.”
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