MUR #7513
COMMUNITY ISSUES PROJECTSummary
RESPONDENT: Community Issues Project
COMPLAINANT: Torres Law Group
SUBJECT: Disclaimer; Other; Reporting
DISPOSITION: The Commission failed by a vote of 3-3, subject to the errata circulated by the office of general counsel on July 30, 2020, to:
a. Find reason to believe that Community Issues Project violated 52 U.S.C. §§ 30102, 30103, and 30104 by failing to organize, register, and report as a political committee.
b. Find reason to believe that Community Issues Project violated 52 U.S.C.§ 30104(b)(4)(H)(iii) and (g)(2) by failing to properly report its independent expenditures as a political committee; in the alternative, find reason to believe that Community Issues Project violated 52 U.S.C. § 30104(c)(1) and (g)(2) by failing to properly report its independent expenditures as a person other than a political committee.
c. Dismiss the allegation that Community Issues Project violated 52 U.S.C. § 30120 and 11 C.F.R. § 110.11 by failing to include proper disclaimers on public communications, and send a letter of caution.
d. Approve the Factual and Legal Analysis, as recommended in the First General Counsel's Report dated September 18, 2019.
e. Authorize the use of compulsory process.
f. Approve the appropriate letter.
The Commission failed by a vote of 3-3 to:
a. Find no reason to believe that Community Issues Project violated 52 U.S.C. §§ 30102, 30103, and 30104 by failing to organize, register, and report as a political committee.
b. Find no reason to believe that Community Issues Project violated 52 U.S.C.§ 30104(b)(4)(H)(iii) and (g)(2) by failing to properly report its independent expenditures as a political committee.
c. Dismiss the allegation that Community Issues Project violated 52 U.S.C. § 30120 and 11 C.F.R. § 110.11 by failing to include proper disclaimers.
d. Approve the appropriate letters.
e. Close the file.
The Commission decided by a vote of 4-2 to:
a. Close the file.
b. Issue appropriate letters.
Disposition
Disposition | Penalty | Respondent | Citation |
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Dismissed-Other | Community Issues Project |
52
U.S.C.
§30102
52 U.S.C. §30103 52 U.S.C. §30104 52 U.S.C. §30104(b)(4)(H)(iii) and (g)(2) 52 U.S.C. §30120 11 CFR 110.11 |
Documents
Type | Date | Document |
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Complaint, Responses, Designation of Counsel and Extensions of Time | 10/26/2018 | Response from Community Issues Project 820 KB |
10/17/2018 | Notification of Complaint to Community Issues Project 694 KB | |
10/06/2018 | Complaint 693 KB | |
General Counsel Reports, Briefs, Notifications and Responses | 09/14/2021 | Notification to Community Issues Project 697 KB |
09/14/2021 | Notification to Torres Law Group, PLLC 723 KB | |
09/18/2019 | First General Counsel's Report 1 MB | |
Certifications | 09/02/2021 | Community Issues Project 703 KB |
Statement of Reasons | 10/07/2021 | Vice Chair Allen Dickerson and Commissioners Sean J. Cooksey and James E. "Trey" Trainor, III 821 KB |
Participants
Relationship | Name |
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Primary respondent | Community Issues Project |
Complainant | Torres Law Group |