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Ohio Senate candidate Melissa Ackison responds after Marysville man files report with elections board

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MARYSVILLE, Ohio — Republican state senate candidate , of Marysville, is responding after a Marysville man filed a complaint against her with the Ohio Elections Commission last week.Richard Nielsen, who describes himself as an “independent consultant” on his Facebook profile, filed the complaint against Ackison with the Ohio Elections Commission (OEC) on Apr. 13. A copy of the complaint was obtained by TiffinOhio.net over the weekend.Nielsen wrote in a letter to OEC that he is requesting they “investigate possible criminal activity” by Ackison, who is running in a for the 26th district state senate seat.According to Nielsen, “there is serious cause to investigate whether or not Melissa Ackison stole from taxpayers by using intermediaries and public school resources to print her campaign banners and signs for her political campaigns.”Nielsen references a of an Ackison campaign meeting, which she says was sent to her home by her opponent, State Rep. (R-Tiffin). In the recording, Ackison could be heard describing a “scheme” to use a banner roller at a local STEM school to produce campaign materials.“And I have the STEM school, we believe, public schools, have a new banner roller. So instead of paying $1,000 for the gigantic rollers, they will make them for free as long as I provide all of the materials. The teacher is willing to do that. However, the minute they find out that we are doing it, we will have to stop, because it’s not okay to do a politician’s signs. This a teacher going out on a limb for me,” Ackison is heard saying in the video.Nielsen said he will be making a public records request of receipts and other documents pertaining to the banner roller at Marysville Early College High School.“There is no possible way that anyone is allowed to use public school resources for a political campaign,” Nielsen wrote in his complaint to OEC.Ackison, however, disputes the claims made by Nielsen.“I guess things are going to get really embarrassing for Richard and whoever initiated this little stunt as the school was already investigated and found completely innocent of a perfectly legal business transaction for a total of 100 signs purchased for $5,500 when I hired a third-party company to carry out the order,” Ackison said in a statement to TiffinOhio.net News.Ackison added that Nielsen is the “high school buddy and neighbor” of current State Sen. Dave Burke (R-Marysville), who has endorsed Ackison’s opponent, Reineke, in the Republican primary race. In addition, Ackison said her campaign had to stop contact with Nielsen on her unsuccessful U.S. Senate race in 2018 because he was “hitting on all of the women.”“We had to stop contact with him on my Senate campaign when he kept hitting on all of the women, even the married ones, despite the fact that he’s married,” Ackison said of Nielsen.A review of public records by TiffinOhio.net confirmed that Nielsen is a neighbor of Burke, and a source tells us the two are “close friends,” leading to speculation that Burke, who is the chairman of the Republican Senate Campaign Committee, may have orchestrated the complaint against Ackison.“You can simply look at my last financial reports to see that I paid a third-party, Guy Stoker, and in the memo of the check line it says ‘signs’ and the school was paid,” Ackison told TiffinOhio.net News. “This is just sad at this point…”The 26th district state senate seat includes Seneca, Sandusky, Marion, Morrow, Crawford, Wyandot, and Union counties. Sen. Dave Burke is term-limited and cannot run for re-election.Whoever wins the Republican primary — Ackison or Reineke — will go on to face Democratic challenger Craig Swartz, of Upper Sandusky, in the general election for the 26th district state senate seat.RELATED: RELATED: 

MARYSVILLE, Ohio — Republican state senate candidate , of Marysville, is responding after a Marysville man filed a complaint against her with the Ohio Elections Commission last week.Richard Nielsen, who describes himself as an “independent consultant” on his Facebook profile, filed the complaint against Ackison with the Ohio Elections Commission (OEC) on Apr. 13. A copy of the complaint was obtained by TiffinOhio.net over the weekend.Nielsen wrote in a letter to OEC that he is requesting they “investigate possible criminal activity” by Ackison, who is running in a for the 26th district...

Ohio Senate candidate Melissa Ackison responds after Marysville man files report with elections board

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