Unauthoratative

How hard is it to get a full authority line on campaign signs these days? The signs for two candidates for County Executive, John Leopold and Greg Nourse, have the name of their treasurer, but not the full authority line as required by law. Section 11 of the Summary Guide to Candidacy and Campaign Finance Laws reads:

If the campaign material is produced by a campaign finance entity, the authority line must contain:

• The name of the treasurer; and
• The name of the campaign finance entity.

Example of authority line for a committee

John Jones, Treasurer
Committee for James Smith

Example of authority line for a Personal Treasurer

Edith Williams, Treasurer
Edward Brown, Candidate

If the material is too small to permit the inclusion of all required information in a legible manner, the material need only contain the name and title of the treasure.

Example: John Jones, Treas.

The Office of the Attorney General has taken a very strict approach to what constitutes material too small to permit inclusion of the complete authority line. Accordingly, every effort should be made to include the entire authority line.

Seemingly every other candidate for office on both sides of the political spectrum, from candidates for Register of Wills all the way up to the candidates for Governor, have abided by this law. Why can't Leopold and Nourse do so?