Sen. Jeff Denham's campaign has filed an official complaint with the attorney general's office about the use of out-of-district signature gatherers by the backers of the effort to recall him.
Capitol Alert wrote about the controversy earlier this week.
"We are asking state authorities to look into several potential illegal actions by the recall proponents," said Chuck Bell, attorney for Friends of Jeff Denham committee, in a written statement. "California election law is clear, signature gatherers must live in the district. It appears that recall proponents are purposely ignoring the law, and we're asking law enforcement to step in and prosecute this matter."
Denham, an Atwater Republican, refused to support the budget earlier this year, earning the ire of Democrats, including Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata. A Perata-backed campaign committee, the Voter Education and Registration Fund, along with the Democratic Party, have combined to spend about $130,000 on the recall effort.
Denham's supporters taped signature gatherers saying they were from outside the district, which state law does not allow.
Paul Hefner, a spokesman for Perata and the Voter Education and Registration Fund, has counter-accused those supporters of illegally taping conversations without consent.
And on it goes.
Correction: The original headline on this post said Denham had filed an FPPC complaint. That was incorrect. His campaign filed a complaint with the attorney general's office, as the text of the story says.
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