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Nougat ,

In case you were wondering, as I was, whether $3500 was more or less than the amount that was illegally donated:

Fountaingate Merkel Church, Remnant Church and Hope Chapel Foursquare Church donated a combined $800 to the campaign of Scott Beard, senior pastor at Fountaingate Fellowship church, who is running for a seat on the seven-member City Council in Saturday’s election.

And because the fine amount is "up to $5000 or triple the amount in question, whichever is larger," which would be $2400 in this case, a $3500 fine is appropriate.

Veraxus , (edited )

I feel like there should be more of a penalty than “we take it away if you get caught”.

SpaceNoodle ,

Do you know what "larger" means?

mosiacmango ,

Larger hopefully has "large" somewhere in it. 8000, maybe 80000 sounds good.

A 10x-100x penalty for trying to subvert an election by illegally fundraising at a church seems right.

randompasta ,

Like some jail time.