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Only three Commission meetings remain for grant awards
By Press Release
Sep 26, 2008 - 3:16 PM

The State Elections Enforcement Commission approved 27 grant applications at the Commission meeting Wednesday. The grant application deadline is October 10th.

The final three Commission meetings to consider grant applications are October 1st, October 8th and October 15th. Candidates who have not yet applied for a grant must submit their applications before 5:00 p.m. October 2nd to be considered at the October 8th meeting. The Commission has encouraged applicants to apply early to avoid missing critical deadlines which would result in failure to qualify for a grant.

To date, 270 candidates have declared that they intend to participate in the Citizens’ Election Program for the 2008 General Election; 62 State Senate candidates and 208 State Representative candidates.

Since the program was launched June 3, 2008, 155 candidates have received General Election Grants from the Citizens' Election Program; 22 State Senate grants and 133 State Representative grants.

The following candidates received grants Wednesday: Themis Klarides, Lori Musco, Bob Duff, Catherine Johnson, Michelle Cook, David Bauer, Scott Saunders, Ellen Wink, Deb Peruzotti, Kathy Tallarita, Richard Ferrari, Robert Russo, Michael Royston, John Rigby, Timothy O’Brien, Lawrence Miller, John Harkins, Brett Eisenlohr, Gail Hamm, John Hetherington, Robert Godfrey, Jim O’Rourke, Ryan Barry, John Piscopo, Robert Heagney, Matthew Conway and Christopher Perone.

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