HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) The State Elections Enforcement Commission and an election reform group are objecting to the Connecticut Democratic Party using money raised for federal races to pay for a mailer benefiting Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's re-election.

Both the SEEC and Common Cause of Connecticut said Tuesday they've submitted formal comment to the Federal Election Commission, which has been asked by the state Democrats to issue an advisory opinion on whether the mailer can be considered ``federal election activity'' because it is part of a get-out-the-vote effort.

The party has separate state and federal campaign accounts. Connecticut law imposes restrictions on the state account, including a ban on state contractor contributions.

SEEC officials accused the Democrats of trying to circumvent the state's campaign financing law, passed in the wake of a corruption scandal.