California ethics panel to investigate National Organization for Marriage
California, USA: State Ethics Panel to Investigate NOM
SACRAMENTO, Calif. In a surprise move, the state of Californias ethics office announced Wednesday that it will investigate Fred Kargers complaint against the anti-gay National Organization for Marriage (NOM).
In his sworn complaint of May 17, Karger alleged that NOM did not report over $340,000 that it raised to pass Proposition 8 four years ago. California joins the state of Maine which is in its third year of its investigation of NOM, the leading anti-gay marriage organization in the country.
Karger received a notification letter dated May 28, 2012 on Tuesday from Gary Winuk, the Chief Enforcement Officer of the California Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC).
The complaint shows that NOM had received 11 large contributions in 2008 that were never reported as required under California election law. That was the year NOM helped lead the effort to pass Californias Proposition 8.
One of the 11 missing contributions was $10,000 from presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romneys Alabama PAC.
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