(AP) — Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach’s campaign has been fined $5,000 by the Governmental Ethic Commission for mistakes made in filing expense and contribution reports for the 2010 election.

The commission voted 7-2 on Wednesday to impose the maximum fine after questioning Kobach’s campaign treasurer state Rep. Tom Arpke of Salina. At issue was nearly $80,000 that was omitted from the reports.

This is the second time Kobach has been associated with problems in campaign finance reports in recent years.

In June, after a two-year review, the Federal Election Commission found that the Kansas Republican Party had committed three violations of federal campaign finance laws in 2007 and 2008, when Kobach was chairman.

The audit cited flawed record-keeping and reporting, but Kobach described the problems as technical.