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Did Governor Rauner's Campaign Violate State Elections Law?

After spending nearly 65 million dollars... Governor Bruce Rauner's campaign has been assessed a penalty by the State Board of Elections.

Director Steve Sandvoss confirms it's because of a late report filing ... but says he can't give details.

"In light of fairness to the respondent and due fairness principles, we don't comment publicly on the nature of an ongoing proceeding. But rather, we'll let the process bear itself out."

A spokesman for the governor says there was a "snafu." He says a firm hired to file contributions paperwork prepared a report ... but failed to upload it. The mistake was corrected eight hours later.

 

With 20 million dollars sitting in Rauner's campaign account ... he'd have no trouble paying a potential fine.

A hearing is set for Thursday in Chicago. An official will then make a recommendation to the state elections board ... whose members have the final say on whether or not the governor's campaign was in the wrong.

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