The Federal Election Commission said today that Georgia Representative Cynthia McKinney must pay a 33-thousand dollar fine and reimburse as much as 72-thousand dollars to political donors after accepting excessive contributions in the 2002 election.

The fine alone exceeds the total amount in McKinney's campaign account through September 30th. It was part of a conciliation agreement between the Georgia Democrat and the FEC.

The alleged illegal activity stems from McKinney's 2002 re-election campaign, which she lost in the Democratic primary to Denise Majette. McKinney was out of Congress for two years before winning the seat back in 2004 when Majette left to run for Senate.

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The eight-page agreement, signed by McKinney's campaign treasurer, Joan Christian, says there were 106-thousand-425 dollars in excessive contributions in 2002 — $42,950 for the primary and 63-thousand-475 dollars for the general. Because McKinney lost the primary election, all money collected for the general must be reimbursed.

Keywords: Cynthia McKinney, illegal activity. Got it? Good. Remember it.

She proves once again that people don't always know what they are doing in the voting booth.

So… I took this little quiz today…

JUDGE EDITH HOLLAN JONES
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit,
appointed by Reagan, born 1949
A Texan! Nearly nominated to Souter's seat by
G.H.W. Bush. You're hoping the son follows
through! Jones is considered radioactive by
Democrats, which you (and the administration)
might consider a plus!

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The SloboPoll question this week is:

Will the Republicans maintain control of Congress after the 2006 mid-term elections?

The choices are:

Yes
Only The House
Only The Senate
No

This post is open for comments on the SloboPoll, if you so desire.

The question was:

Who, if anyone, will be indicted in the CIA leak investigation?

There were a total of 687 votes which breakdown like this:

No One (240 votes) [34.9%]
Both Of Them (168 votes) [24.5%]
Karl Rove (137 votes) [19.9%]
Scooter Libby (137 votes) [19.9%]
Someone Else (5 votes) [0.8%]

Check out the new questions each week here on Slobokan's Site O' Schtuff.