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		<title>Pro-Charter Group Raises $12,000; Volunteers Do BRAC Tour to Raise$</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A group of local volunteers who support conversion of Cecil County’s current five-member Commissioners form of government to a home-rule Charter system—with a county executive and a County Council—have raised nearly $12,000 to promote their position for a referendum question that will be on the November election ballot, according to reports filed with the state Board of Elections. The organization, “Friends for Charter of Cecil County,” is registered with the state as an “issue committee,” which means that a group supports or opposes an issue that is on a local ballot as a referendum question. Such “issue committees” are not allowed to contribute funds to an individual candidate’s campaign committee or a slate registered to support a group of candidates, according to state election law. “Friends for Charter” makes no bones about its position on its website, https://www.friendsofcharter.com/ which clearly states the group’s support for a switch to Charter government. No comparable anti-charter “issue committee” has been registered, according to a search of the state Board of Elections website. “Friends for Charter” raised $11,970, but after significant fundraising expenses and expenditures for billboards and advertising, the group had $2,916 cash on hand for further activities leading up to the November [&#8230;]]]></description>
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