Democrats complained when GOP gubernatorial candidate Josh Penry sent campaign information to state Capitol workers at their work e-mail addresses, but it turns out plenty of candidates are e-mailing voters at their government jobs.

Denver City Councilwoman Jeanne Faatz and Denver City Auditor Dennis Gallagher talked to the legal department after workers received e-mails from Democratic U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet.

"I don't think you can use the city's e-mail system for partisan, political donations," Gallagher said Wednesday. "It's clearly an inappropriate use of city resources. We have been cautioned in the past on this, and we are very careful not to let anything political dealing with campaigns go out through the city mail."

And Colorado Attorney General John Suthers, when asked about the legality of the e-mails, noted he has received numerous campaign e-mails in recent days from Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Andrew Romanoff and Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis.

"I'm pretty confident the candidates are not willfully violating the law," Suthers said, but added that candidates need to be careful.