MUR #7074

RESPONDENTS: Committee for Charlotte/Charlotte DNC Host Committee; Gantt, Harvey Bernard

COMPLAINANT:

SUBJECT: Committees-Party

DISPOSITION: The Commission decided by a vote of 6-0 to take the following actions in MUR 7074: Accept the conciliation agreement with the Committee for Charlotte/Charlotte DNC Host Committee and Harvey Gantt in his official capacity as treasurer, as recommended in the Memorandum to the Commission dated June 28, 2016. Approve the appropriate letter. Close the file.
The Commission failed by a vote of 3-3 to: a. Open a MUR in AR 15-08. b. Find reason to believe that the Committee for Charlotte/Charlotte DNC Host Committee and Harvey Gantt in his official capacity as treasurer violated 52 U.S.C. § 30102(c)-(d) and 11 C.F.R. §§ 102.9(c), 104.14(b)(1), 9008.9(b)(4). c. Approve the Factual and Legal Analysis, as recommended in the First General Counsel’s Report dated March 22, 2016. d. Enter into conciliation with the Committee for Charlotte/Charlotte DNC Host Committee and Harvey Gantt in his official capacity as treasurer, prior to a finding of probable cause to believe. e. Approve the conciliation agreement, as recommended in the First General Counsel’s Report dated March 22, 2016 subject to a calculated civil money penalty of 2% of the amount in violation ($19,400 civil money penalty). f. Approve the appropriate letter.
The Commission failed by a vote of 3-3 to: a. Open a MUR in AR 15-08. b. Find reason to believe that the Committee for Charlotte/Charlotte DNC Host Committee and Harvey Gantt in his official capacity as treasurer violated 52 U.S.C. § 30102(c)-(d) and 11 C.F.R. §§ 102.9(c), 104.14(b)(1), 9008.9(b)(4). c. Approve the Factual and Legal Analysis, as recommended in the First General Counsel’s Report dated March 22, 2016. d. Enter into conciliation with the Committee for Charlotte/Charlotte DNC Host Committee and Harvey Gantt in his official capacity as treasurer, prior to a finding of probable cause to believe. e. Approve the conciliation agreement, as recommended in the First General Counsel’s Report dated March 22, 2016 subject to a calculated civil money penalty of 1% of the amount in violation ($9,700 civil money penalty). f. Approve the appropriate letter.
The Commission decided by a vote of 6-0 to: a. Open a MUR in AR 15-08. b. Find reason to believe that the Committee for Charlotte/Charlotte DNC Host Committee and Harvey Gantt in his official capacity as treasurer violated 52 U.S.C. § 30102(c)-(d) and 11 C.F.R. §§ 102.9(c), 104.14(b)(1), 9008.9(b)(4). c. Approve the Factual and Legal Analysis, as recommended in the First General Counsel’s Report dated March 22, 2016. d. Enter into conciliation with the Committee for Charlotte/Charlotte DNC Host Committee and Harvey Gantt in his official capacity as treasurer, prior to a finding of probable cause to believe. e. Approve the conciliation agreement, as recommended in the First General Counsel’s Report dated March 22, 2016. f. Approve the appropriate letter.