An audit by the FEC of Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign found one error: in the final days of the campaign, they failed to report nearly $2 million in contributions. For a campaign that spent $700 million, errors are generally to be expected, according to one election law expert.
From the Huffington Post:
The FEC states in its audit, “A majority of the missing 48-hour notices arose from a transfer reported on October 24, 2008 from the Obama Victory Fund (OVF), a joint fundraising committee composed of OFA and the Democratic National Committee (DNC).”
This was the only violation that the FEC found in its full audit of the Obama campaign, which spent more than $700 million from 2007 to 2008. University of California-Irvine election law professor Rick Hasen wrote on his blog, “For an audit of a campaign of over $700 million, this is a very clean report.”
