(Jefferson City)  --  Many political candidates are not reporting certain donations within 48 hours.

   The "St. Louis Post-Dispatch" reports that a few years ago, legislators eliminated campaign contribution limits but began requiring that any donation of over $5,000 be reported within 48 hours.

   Ever since that law was adopted, many checks for exactly five-thousand dollars have been donated and most politicians are following the law literally, not reporting those checks in 48 hours.

   A Post-Dispatch analysis shows about 80 percent of donations of five-thousand-dollars are not reported in the 48-hour timeframe and those who don't report them by then are not disobeying the law.

   Political fundraisers tell the paper they don't think campaigns are attempting to hide anything by not reporting those donations in 48 hours.


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