Shortly after, the clerk's office sent letters to 10 candidates — including five Democrats and five Republicans — to fix their financial disclosure reports.

Evans said Gill should have known and complied with the law instead of waiting for the clerk's office to tell him about the problem.

"If there is anyone who would have known the campaign disclosure requirements it would be Sim Gill and his Yocom campaign team," Evans said in a statement. "We believe Sim Gill intentionally hid the employer and/or occupation information to keep this information secret as long as possible so as to better facilitate the timing of their attack on Lohra Miller."

Evans also asked the clerk's office to pass the complaint onto another office without an "obvious conflict of interest," like the lieutenant governor, attorney general or another county clerk.

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