A new federal elections complaint accuses congressional candidate and former San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo of hiding his affiliation with a super PAC that paid for a controversial recount that narrowed his competition in the November runoff. The complaint filed by Bay Area attorney Brian O’Grady says the super PAC behind the recount — known as Count the Vote — implausibly claimed no connection with the Liccardo campaign in required filings with the Federal Election Commission. But recent filings show it had been receiving payments from a pro-Liccardo PAC known as Neighbors for Results, as Count the Vote was paying…
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