Law prevents Palin from donating tainted money

Otherwise, the donation will wait until 2010.

State election laws prevent donations from active accounts, so Palin can only use the money if the Republicans win the election and she closes out the account. Otherwise, it will have to wait two years.

The campaign said Palin, who disclosed Friday that she and her husband had a gross adjusted income of $166,080 last year, felt the donations should come from the gubernatorial campaign account and not her personal funds.

The money represents donations from two lawmakers indicted in a sweeping federal corruption probe and the wife of one of the men.