Summit County GOP Update: Arshinkoff's Party Finances Under State Investigation

This just in...

As Summit County Republicans line up to vote for a new party chairman the current one, Alex Arshinkoff, is the target of a state investigation into the party's finances.

The Akron Beacon Journal reported today that Board of Elections officials declared the Summit County Republican Party's campaign finance reports to be "impossible to audit." The Board filed a compliant against Arshinkoff's party with the Ohio Elections Commission.

Among several omissions, there are questions regarding the payment of loan interest to current GOP chairman Alex Arshinkoff. The Ohio Elections Commission will investigate the matter and will either find no wrong doing, order the party to correct the omissions, fine the party, or refer the party for criminal prosecution.

The Summit County Party's secretary, Jack Morrison Jr. (himself once the target of an FBI investigation and currently under investigation by the Ohio Ethics Committee) is acting as Arshinkoff's spokeman now as the chairman is "emotional." He says this is all nothing. Once the party's books are opened up, we will see.

This mismanagement and possible theft is one of the primary reasons we need a new party chairman in Summit County. There is still time to try to become a member of the Central Committee. This committee can vote Arshinkoff out and elect a new chairman.

Let's rid our party of the corruption and incompetence that marks Alex Arshinkoff's chairmanship. Join our effort here.