THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Thursday, July 7, 1994 TAG: 9407070540
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B4 EDITION: NORTH CAROLINA
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS
DATELINE: RALEIGH LENGTH: Short : 30 lines
The state House Wednesday killed the first of three election reform bills passed by the Senate this session.
On a 56-52 vote, the House rejected a bill which would have required candidates who win primaries to file an additional campaign spending report by Labor Day.
Under present law, candidates who lose primaries must file a report within 30 days after the primary, but winners do not have to file a report until 10 days before the November general elections.
The Senate had passed a similar bill, but changed it so that it applied only to statewide candidates, not legislative races. The House version that was defeated would have applied to legislative races as well as statewide races.
House members later rejected an attempt to revive the bill. But they did not impose a ``clincher,'' a parliamentary move that would have blocked any attempts to bring it back this session. by CNB