Dan of the County: Anyway, what I do know is that this question was specifically asked at a recent training meeting with county clerks from the 10 northern counties and the Secretary of State's staff. It came up while they were going over elements of the sunshine law reporting requirements. Other Clerks had read about this on-going case and wondered as well how fund-raising or expenditures related to an election challenge should be handled if it came up in the future. The Secretary of State representatives said that legal expenses and associated donations for an election contest clearly are clearly connected to an election event and are therefore required to be reported at least on the next annual report if there are no intermediate reports due to an off year.

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