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The Maine Ethics Commission handed down a $100,000 fine to ActBlue on Wednesday after the Democratic fundraising platform filed a campaign finance report two weeks late.

ActBlue’s registered political action committee in the state was 14 days late filing a report due July 15 that covered $1.2 million worth of donations to candidates and causes in the second quarter of 2024. The committee tried to upload more than 13,000 transactions to the ethics commission’s online filing system but faced a staffin

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