Krista Pacion, Plaintiff/appellant v. Bob Thomas; Kenneth Bennett; Fulton Brock; Don Stapely; Andy Kunasek; Max…

Summary

The court affirmed the denial of challenges seeking to remove two candidates from the primary ballot based on the collection of nomination-petition signatures before formation of campaign committees. Assuming without deciding that the candidates violated the campaign-finance statute, the court held that the exclusive remedy was the statutory civil penalty, not invalidation of petition signatures or ballot exclusion. The court also held that the election-contest statute does not authorize such relief for campaign-finance violations and that the decision does not impair enforcement of the resign-to-run law.