LEBANON — City Council candidates are well on their way to generating more than their share of election-law violation complaints.

        Two incumbents are filing Ohio Elections Commission complaints:

        • Councilman Mark Flick alleges that opponent Norm Dreyer violated election law when he said during a televised candidates' forum Oct. 24 that City Manager James Patrick had been indicted on theft in office charges. Mr. Patrick awas indicted on charges of aiding and abetting theft in office.

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        • Councilwoman Jane Davenport alleges that businessman John McComb violated election law when he said in a recent newspaper ad that she voted to buy the 27 N. Mechanic St. property. She abstained from the final votes on that purchase.

        The Ohio Elections Commission had not received the complaints by late Thursday, officials there said. The office typically gets about 40 complaints statewide during general elections, Executive Director Philip Richter said.

        If an elections board hearing finds the complaint valid, the board can issue a reprimand or refer it to the local prosecutor's office. Making false statements in campaign materials is punishable by a fine of up to $10,000.

        The Warren County Board of Elections also received unofficial notification Thursday that an anonymous letter attacking Mayor James Mills had been sent to Lebanon voters — also a campaign violation. Mr. Mills could not be reached for comment on whether he would file a complaint.

        The envelopes had no return address and a Cincinnati postmark. The mailing labels appeared to be from the Board of Elections' mailing list, Executive Director Bev Moore said, because they included precinct numbers. She did not immediately know who had purchased the list.

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