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The two Republican candidates vying to challenge Congressmember John Hall have both decried his vote in favor of health care reform. Hayworth says that it will hurt our economy, Ball says it will replace the insurance lobby with government bureaucrats.

This year about 58 constituents of the NY 19th will die because they have no health insurance.

It seems that Greg Ball just is unable to keep from cheating. In Mr. Ball’s world, the rules just don’t apply to him.

The complaint (attached) alleges the Mr. Ball directly or through a failure to supervise his staff has violated numerous campaign finance laws. Mr. Ball solicited and accepted campaign contributions from corporations. He solicited funds in excess of the contribution limits. He did a round of robo-calls (don’t you love getting those?), without announcing who paid for the calls or approved the message, also a violation of campaign finance laws.

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