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Ryan Randazzo, The Republic | azcentral.com 6:11 p.m. MST September 11, 2014

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The Arizona Democratic Party is accusing Republican candidates for the commission that regulates utilities of improperly using public funds for campaign signs.

The candidates, Tom Forese and Doug Little, face Democrats Sandra Kennedy and Jim Holway in a race for two seats on the five-member Arizona Corporation Commission in the Nov. 4 election.

All four candidates are using public funds from the Citizens Clean Election Commission for their campaigns.

The complaint against Forese and Little said that the candidates posted signs prior to reporting they received their public funds and paying the vendor for the signs.

The complaint also questions whether sign vendor Americopy printed $200,000 in signs that were put up just ahead of the primary, or if the signs were prepaid for the general election.

"It is questionable whether $200,000 worth of signs could have been printed and distributed in two weeks," lawyer James Barton wrote in the complaint. "It seems more likely that this money was either paid in preparation for the general election, or for signs that were produced prior to the candidates receiving funding, or both."

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