NC elections hearing on Easley, Dems winding down


Published/Last Modified on Thursday, October 29, 2009 9:44 AM EDT

RALEIGH (AP) — State election board members want to hear from a former North Carolina Democratic Party leader before ruling whether the party or ex-Gov. Mike Easley’s campaign broke the law.
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Former party executive director Scott Falmlen will probably be the last witness called Thursday at a State Board of Elections investigative hearing.

Falmlen likely will be questioned about party fundraising and whether the Easley campaign had authority over hundreds of thousands of dollars it raised on the party’s behalf.

Party attorneys have said Falmlen has control of the money, some of which was designed to help all Democratic candidates and get-out-the-vote efforts.

But some donors well connected to Easley testified this week they believed their party donations would go to pay Easley campaign expenses.

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