Arizona: does a public service ad equal a political ad?
Arizona Capitol Times reports: Secretary of State Jan Brewer is rejecting a claim by Democrats that her appearance in a recent television commercial violates Arizona's campaign finance rules.
The Secretary of State, who is running for re-election, appeared in a 30-second television spot reminding voters to bring photo identification to the polls when they vote. ...
But a complaint filed with the Citizens Clean Elections Commission by David Waid, chairman of the Arizona Democratic Party, alleges the television spot expressly advocates for Mrs. Brewer’s 2006 re-election campaign – and therefore should trigger matching funds to her publicly-funded opponent, Democrat Israel Torres. -- Arizona Capitol Times - Serving Arizona's Business, Government and Political Community since 1946