Swift Boat, Moveon pay $450,000 for elections violations

The anti-John Kerry Swift Boat Veterans for Truth is paying big bucks to settle Federal Election Commission violations.

According to the AP, the Swift Boaters and and MoveOn.org Voter Fund, two outside groups that played key roles in the 2004 presidential election, reached an agreement with the Federal Election Commission to pay nearly $450,000 for various violations.

The groups, along with the League of Conservation Voters, settled charges that they failed "to register and file disclosure reports as federal political committees and accepted contributions in violation of federal limits and source prohibitions," the FEC said in a statement Wednesday.

The commission approved the three settlements on a vote of 6-0.