Alabama: Worley accused of ethics violation
AP reports: A leader of the state voter registrars' organization has filed an ethics complaint against Secretary of State Nancy Worley, which she said is a baseless attempt to damage her in an election year.
Lester Sellers of Equality, legislative chairman of the Alabama Association of Boards of Registrars, accused Worley of not making a proper accounting of money received from the federal government to update Alabama's voting records and voting equipment.
The ethics law bars public officals from using their office for personal financial gain, and Worley questioned whether anything in the complaint fell under ethics rules. ...
In Sellers' complaint, he accuses Worley of not being a good steward of public funds by:
# Using federal money to appear in "voter education" ads on TV before she stands for election.
# Traveling the state at state expense to present checks to counties to buy voting equipment and then using the events to get her picture in newspapers. -- Voter registrar complains against secretary of state