State Sen. Ray Miller is facing more legal trouble for failing to accurately keep an accounting of his campaign fund and properly verify his spending.

Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner's office today filed a complaint with the Ohio Elections Commission accusing the Columbus Democrat of violating three campaign finance laws: failing to file a full, true itemized statement; failing to keep a strict and accurate account; and failure to correct inaccurate reports.

The secretary of state's office and the Elections Commission have spent years trying to get Miller to file a complete report. The commission fined Miller $1,500 a year ago after the veteran senator failed to submit six years worth of campaign finance reports.

Miller blamed bad record-keeping by his past treasurer and lost paperwork when he changed locations of his private office.

Among the evidence submitted Friday, the secretary of state's office says Miller has not verified almost 40 checks issued from his campaign to himself totaling $16,207. Several other checks also do not have appropriate documentation.

"Rather than submitting receipts for some of the expenses, the committee submitted handwritten notes describing Sen. Miller's expenses. The handwritten notes are not a valid form of verification," the complaint said.

Miller also is accused of failing to reconcile credit card purchases paid by the committee, and appears to have double-reimbursed himself for some expenses.

For example, the complaint says Miller's campaign paid a credit card receipt and issued Miller a check for the same January 2007 meal at The Clarmont restaurant.

Miller submitted an explanation for that and other payments, but the secretary of state's office wrote: "If this statement is true, the committee paid many expenses twice; once to the credit card company and then through reimbursement to Sen. Miller."