SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois State Board of Elections has ordered Auditor General Frank Mautino to provide more detail about his campaign spending as a state legislator.
The board decided Monday to set July 1 as the deadline for the Democrat from Spring Valley to explain campaign expenditures which are the subject of a citizen’s complaint.
Assistant Executive Director Jim Tenuto says staff will review the amended reports to determine whether further action is required.
Mautino was a state representative for 24 years before he was appointed auditor general last fall.
The board narrowed its review to two areas. They include a bank’s campaign “reimbursements” without explanation and hundreds of thousands of dollars for gas and repairs at a single service station.
Mautino issued a statement that he will meet the deadline.