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DIAZ DE LA PORTILLA v. FLA. ELECTIONS COM'N

No. 3D02-574.

857 So.2d 913 (2003)

Senator Alex DIAZ de la PORTILLA, Appellant, v. FLORIDA ELECTIONS COMMISSION, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied October 29, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sale & Kuehne, P.A., and Benedict P. Kuehne, Miami, for appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, and John J. Rimes, III, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Before COPE, LEVY and FLETCHER, JJ.

COPE, J.

State Senator Alex Diaz de la Portilla appeals an order of the Florida Elections Commission imposing fines of $311,000 for violations of Florida's campaign financing law. It is undisputed that significant numbers of contributions and expenditures were omitted from the Senator's campaign treasurer's reports in the 1999 special election. The issues on this appeal include how many violations were properly charged; what is the standard of proof; and whether the...

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