CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAWS; State GOP has its own bookkeeping problems; As it criticizes DFL U.S. Senate candidate Al Franken for business and tax issues that he says were accounting errors, the Minnesota Republican Party wrestles with longstanding woes.(NEWS)

From: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) | Date: May 8, 2008| Author: Browning, Dan; Doyle, Pat | Copyright information

Byline: PAT DOYLE; DAN BROWNING; STAFF WRITERS

The Minnesota Republican Party has scored a series of body blows against DFL U.S. Senate candidate Al Franken over business irregularities that Franken attributes to his accountant's mistakes.

But the state GOP has some bookkeeping issues of its own, problems that persist despite a yearlong, self-initiated audit. The party has spent some $78,475 on accounting services since early 2007, according to its reports to...

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