Give me a break. I work for the state, and policy is clear that we don’t use state email for political purposes. But hey, this lady only works for the elections office — no conflict of interests there, huh? *wink*
DENVER—A Denver Clerk and Recorder employee is being reprimanded for using her work e-mail to send messages to city workers asking for campaign donations for Barack Obama and notifying them about rallies.Denver Clerk and Recorder Stephanie O’Malley said Ernestina “Tina” Gallegos was disciplined but would not elaborate on the action taken Friday.
Sen. John McCain campaign spokesman Tom Kise said what happened is concerning because it could imply the clerk’s office has “a preference to register Democrats.”
The clerk’s office oversees the Denver Elections Division, which arranges and certifies election ballots and maintains voter registration files.
The Secretary of State’s office said the e-mails appear to violate the Fair Campaign Act. The e-mails were forwarded to people in Gallegos’ office and other city workers.
Gallegos told the Denver Daily News she was sorry and was unaware of the rules regarding the use of work e-mail.
“I was not using this e-mail … to use the city e-mail illegally,” she wrote the newspaper.
Kise said his office is discussing the matter with attorneys.
Disciplined?! She should be fired immediately and I’m sure she would have been if she’d been asking people to donate to the McCain / Palin campaign.
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