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Marion County Republican Chairman Tom John today accused Clerk Beth White of violating election law when she spoke on television about a get-out-the vote effort by the Barack Obama campaign.
White, a Democrat, said the Democratic presidential candidate’s campaign informed her office that it would give preferential seating at Obama’s speech at the State Fairgrounds tomorrow to people who vote early. She said she was simply relaying information passed on to her office.
John said White is misusing her office by encouraging people to vote in exchange for something of value — seating at an event that he compared to getting free tickets to a rock concert. He said local, state and federal law prohibits soliciting votes by promising something in return.
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