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For Immediate Release
November 8, 2005 		Contact: Kelly Huff
Bob Biersack
Ian Stirton
George Smaragdis
COMMITTEES FINED FOR FILING REPORTS LATE
 

WASHINGTON -- The Federal Election Commission is releasing 9 more Administrative Fines cases with $5,790 in civil money penalties, bringing 1225 the number of cases made public with 1,646,922 in fines collected by the FEC. In addition, there are numerous cases in various stages of the Administrative Fines process. Closed Administrative Fines case files are available in the FEC’s Press and Public Records offices.

The Administrative Fine Program, authorized by Congress in 1999, in response to a legislative recommendation made by the FEC (see News Release May 31, 2000), has a twofold purpose: to free critical Commission resources for more important and complex enforcement efforts, and to reduce the number of financial reports filed late or not at all. The Administrative Fines Program encompasses a range of civil money penalties set high enough to discourage committees from considering them an acceptable ‘cost of doing business’, but not so high as to be exorbitant.

Civil money penalties will be determined by the number of days late, the amount of financial activity involved, and any prior penalties for reporting violations. Election sensitive reports (reports and notices filed prior to an election) will receive higher penalties.

CANDIDATE COMMITTEES 

1.

AF 1301

 

 

 

 

 

RESPONDENT:

Randy Eastwood for Congress (WA/01), Gordon Keffer, treasurer

 

REPORT:

30 Day Post-General 2004

 

*LATE/NON-FILER:

Non-Filer

 

PENALTY:

$500 civil money penalty

     

2.

AF 1378

 

 

 

 

 

RESPONDENT:

Randy Eastwood for Congress (WA/01), Gordon Keffer, treasurer

 

REPORT:

Year End 2004

 

*LATE/NON-FILER:

Non-Filer

 

PENALTY:

$900 civil money penalty

     

3.

AF 1355

 

 

 

 

 

RESPONDENT:

Skinner for Senate 2004 (IL), Nancy Young, treasurer

 

REPORT:

Year End 2004

 

*LATE/NON-FILER:

Non-Filer

 

PENALTY:

$1,125 civil money penalty

     

4.

AF 1149

 

 

 

 

 

RESPONDENT:

Tashenberg for Congress (TX/10), Danielle Breaux, treasurer

 

REPORT:

July Quarterly 2004

 

*LATE/NON-FILER:

Late

 

PENALTY:

$215 civil money penalty

 

PARTY COMMITTEE

5.

AF 1198

 

 

 

 

 

RESPONDENT:

Branch County Republican Committee, Ronald E. Sampsel, treasurer

 

REPORT:

October Quarterly 2004

 

*LATE/NON-FILER:

Late

 

PENALTY:

$450 civil money penalty

POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEES

6.

AF 1191

 

 

 

 

 

RESPONDENT:

City Political Action Committee, Kenneth M. Sackover, treasurer

 

REPORT:

October Quarterly 2004

 

*LATE/NON-FILER:

Late

 

PENALTY:

$1,350 civil money penalty

     

7.

AF 1273

 

 

 

 

 

RESPONDENT:

City Political Action Committee, Kenneth M. Sackover, treasurer

 

REPORT:

12 Day Pre-General 2004

 

*LATE/NON-FILER:

Non-Filer

 

PENALTY:

$750 civil money penalty

     

8.

AF 1196

 

 

 

 

 

RESPONDENT:

Western Growers Association Political Action Committee Federal, Harvey Labko, treausrer

 

REPORT:

October Quarterly 2004

 

*LATE/NON-FILER:

Late

 

PENALTY:

Took no further action

     

9.

AF 1282

 

 

 

 

 

RESPONDENT:

Western Growers Association Political Action Committee Federal, Harvey Labko, treausrer

 

REPORT:

12 Day Pre-General 2004

 

*LATE/NON-FILER:

Non-Filer

 

PENALTY:

$500 civil money penalty

*Late filers are those committees filing reports after the due date, but within 30 days of the due date and/or filing election sensitive reports after due date, but prior to four days before election. Non-filers are committees that have either not filed a report or filed a report after the parameters outlined above.   

 

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