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Law's Jonathan Entin discusses the Mahoning County clerk's controversy

Media | March 02, 2026 | Story by: Editorial Staff

Did Mahoning clerk of courts fail to report campaign benefits? Tough call, experts say

WFMJ: Jonathan Entin, the David L. Brennan Professor Emeritus of Law at the School of Law, said a Mahoning County clerk likely violated campaign finance rules by not reporting benefits from signs and slate cards, but called any violation “relatively minor." He noted that the clerk would have been better off filing a report to avoid messy optics.

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