MANCHESTER, N.H. —
The New Hampshire Attorney General’s office sent out several cease and desist letters in campaign finance matters from the 2024 election cycle.
Campaigns must follow the state’s campaign laws. These laws require candidates and committees to regularly and in a timely manner report their expenses with receipts and provide the purpose of their expenditures.
Four notices were sent out. One was to Executive Councilor Karen Liot Hill. Hill owes the treasurer $1,000 for failure to file 2024 election cycle reports that excluded improper expenditures in a timely manner.
A letter was also sent to Granite Solutions, a political advocacy organization, specifically Chair Joseph Sweeney. Sweeney is being fined $500 for failing to file an independent expenditure report that the org