Metro briefs: Write-in Birchwood mayor fined over late campaign finance filing
Posted on AllSides March 4th, 2023
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Birchwood Village Mayor Margaret Ford was ordered to pay a $250 fine by the state of Minnesota for failing to file a timely campaign finance report in her successful write-in campaign last fall. Ford announced her candidacy on Oct. 2, a little more than a month before the Nov. 8 election to replace Mayor Mary Wingfield, who retired. A panel of administrative law judges found that Ford spent more than $750 by Oct. 20, triggering a requirement that she file a campaign finance report within 14 days, or Nov. 3....
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