Mark Binker checked the N.C. Republican Party's complaint against Kay Hagan.
In the Inside Scoop column, the Greensboro News & Record reporter looked into the state GOP's complaint with the Federal Election Commission that the Democratic Senate nominee did not properly fill out paperwork on donations jointly made by spouses.
Massie Ritsch, with the Center for Responsive Politics, more tactfully pointed out that husbands and wives who shared a bank account were allowed to give at the same time on the same check.
"This is an accounting complaint that appears to be geared more toward getting attention than getting enforcement," Ritsch said.
And, he pointed out, Dole's campaign had similar contributions on its own expense form.
"They are just trying to put their opponents on the defensive for something that happens fairly commonly," Ritsch said.
He writes that the Hagan campaign had no comment on the issue.
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