For Immediate Release: Contact: Kelly Huff
October 27, 2000 Ron Harris
Sharon Snyder
Ian Stirton
11 CAMPAIGNS FAIL TO FILE OCTOBER QUARTERLY REPORT
WASHINGTON -- The Federal Election Commission today cited 11 U.S. Senate and House campaigns for failure to file the required October Quarterly financial disclosure report covering activity through September 30.
As of 5 p.m., October 26, 2000, disclosure reports from the following committees had not been filed:
SEN......WILLIE LOGAN FOR UNITED STATES SENATE....RONALD THOMPKINS, TREAS...
WILLIE F. LOGAN...OTH
CA/48...ELECT PETER KOUVELIS...PETER KOUVELIS, TREAS...PETER KOUVELIS...DEM
FL/14....SAM FARLING FOR CONGRESS...SAM FARLING, TREAS...SAM FARLING...NLP
IL/10.....LAUREN BETH GASH FOR CONGRESS...BARRY J. SHAPIRO, TREAS...LAUREN B. GASH...DEM
NC/01...EVA CLAYTON COMMITTEE FOR CONGRESS...PATSY T. HARGROVE, TREAS...EVA M. CLAYTON...DEM
NM/03..LISA LUTZ FOR CONGRESS...KELLY G. HELVIE, TREAS...LISA L. LUTZ...REP
NY/11...CLARKE 2000...RAYNEL‘ L. TROTMAN, TREAS...UNA S. CLARKE...DEM
SC/06....ELLISON FOR CONGRESS...JOANNE ELLISON, TREAS...VINCE E. ELLISON...REP
TX/09....PAUL WILLIAMS FOR CONGRESS...MIKE MUNDY, TREAS...PAUL WILLIAMS...REP
TX/22....JO ANN MATRANGA FOR CONGRESS...PHILIP J. MATRANGA, TREAS...JO ANN MATRANGA...DEM
TX/27....PAT AHUMADA FOR CONGRESS...HERBERT G. AMES, TREAS...PAT AHUMADA...REP
The report was due October 15, 2000 and should have included financial activity for the period July 1, 2000, or later for those involved in late primaries, through September 30, 2000. If sent by certified or registered mail, the report should have been postmarked by midnight October 15.
Committees were notified of their filing requirements on September 21. Those committees which did not file on the due date were notified on October 20 that reports had not been received and that their names would be published if they did not respond within four business days.
Other political committees supporting Senate and House candidates in elections (those which are not authorized units of a candidate's campaign) also are required to file quarterly reports, unless they report monthly. Those committees are not published by the FEC.
Further Commission action against non-filers and late filers is decided on a case-by-case basis. Federal law gives the FEC broad authority to initiate enforcement actions and the FEC has implemented a new administrative fine program which will subject committees to penalties ranging from $125 to $16,000 or more.
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