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Registry of Election Imposes $135,000 Penalty on Former Senator

Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Apr 16, 2021

The Tennessee Registry of Election Finance has assessed a $135,000 civil penalty on former state senator and Rutherford County Mayor Bill Ketron after he took responsibility for nearly $300,000 in questionable campaign contributions and expenditures. Board members voted unanimously to impose the penalty for violations connected to Ketron’s Senate, Quest PAC and mayoral accounts, Tennessee Lookout reports. The registry dismissed $80,000 in previous penalties for numerous late filings and allowed Ketron to start a payment plan, which would make him eligible to run for re-election in 2022. In the past, the registry has required lawmakers to pay all of their penalties before becoming eligible for election. In this case, the body said it will consider the payment plan as a payment. In other actions, the registry voted unanimously to audit an expense by Rep. Todd Warner, R-Chapel Hill, with a new vendor — Dixieland Strategies — to determine whether it was legitimate and potentially whether illegal coordination was made between the campaign and the Faith Family Freedom Forum political action committee.

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