A hearing officer who reviewed a campaign finance complaint against an unsuccessful Denver City Council candidate found that a single violation may have occurred.
Sean Bradley to Councilwoman-elect Stacie Gilmore. Four weeks earlier, his campaign , Magen Elenz, alleging late filing of reports, unreported expenses, and missing disclosures on Bradley campaign signs and materials.
Findings issued July 1 by appointed hearing officer William A. Hobbs established probable cause for just one violation. It concerned the May 27 distribution by Bradley’s campaign manager of a brochure lacking a required printed disclosure that the campaign paid for it.
That was about three weeks after Elenz filed her complaint.
Hobbs found that Bradley fixed most issues identified by Elenz’s complaint within a 10-day grace period and suggested he didn’t intend to violate any rules.
It’s now up to the Denver city attorney’s prosecution and code enforcement division to decide whether to pursue the one potential violation identified by Hobbs. Under city election code, a candidate can be disqualified from the ballot if a court finds that a violation occurred.
