Beaulieu files campaign finance complaint against fellow school board candidates

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) – Incumbent New Hanover County School Board Member Nelson Beaulieu has field a campaign finance complaint with the North Carolina State Board of Elections alleging Judy Justice, another candidate and fellow board member, of several campaign finance violations.

“I just noticed some discrepancies with regards to some of the candidate’s campaign filings and I think, we always talk about transparency, and it’s important whether we’re Democrats or Republicans that we hold ourselves accountable,” Beaulieu said.

In the complaint, Beaulieu alleges Justice did not properly report the funds used to pay for palm cards that were handed out to voters which include photos of Justice and other candidates Dorian Cromartie and Veronica McLaurin-Brown.

“That was the nature of my complaint, is that I think it’s odd to have a campaign expense report where you say, ‘I’ve donated,’ or, you make public statements saying. ‘I’ve donated to other campaigns and I receive money from other campaigns,’ and then you don’t clarify that,” Beaulieu said. That’s not reflected in your report.”

In the complaint, Beaulieu is referring to Justice’s 2022 first-quarter report, which you can view here.

The public statements Beaulieu refers to are a series of Facebook comments where Justice’s campaign page says a group of teachers paid for the cards to be made. Beaulieu says that was not filed properly.

“I look at it, one of three things are possible:…

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