MUR #7666
PETERS FOR MICHIGANSummary
RESPONDENTS: Peters for Michigan; Buckles, Geraldine; Peters, Gary; VoteVets.org Action Fund
COMPLAINANTS: Arnold, Kendra; Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT)
SUBJECT: Committees-Candidate; Contributions-Excessive; Reporting
DISPOSITION: The Commission decided by a vote of 6-0 to take the following actions in MURs 7666 and 7675:
1. Close the file.
2. Issue appropriate letters.
The Commission failed by a vote of 2-4 to:
a. Dismiss the allegations that VoteVets.org Action Fund violated 52 U.S.C. § 30116(a)(1)(A) and 11 C.F.R. §110.1(b)(1) pursuant to the Commission’s prosecutorial discretion under Heckler v. Chaney.
b. Dismiss the allegations that Majority Forward violated 52 U.S.C. §30116(a)(1)(A) and 11 C.F.R. § 110.1(b)(1) pursuant to the Commission’s prosecutorial discretion under Heckler v. Chaney.
c. Find no reason to believe that Gary Peters and Peters for Michigan and Geraldine Buckles in her official capacity as treasurer violated 52 U.S.C. §§ 30116(f) and 30104(b) and 11 C.F.R §§ 110.9 and104.3(a).
d. Close the file.
e. Issue appropriate letters.
The Commission failed by a vote of 2-4 to:
a. Find no reason to believe that VoteVets.org Action Fund violated 52 U.S.C. § 30116(a)(1)(A) and 11 C.F.R. § 110.1(b)(1) by making excessive in-kind contributions.
b. Find no reason to believe that Majority Forward violated 52 U.S.C. § 30116(a)(1)(A) and 11 C.F.R. § 110.1(b)(1) by making an excessive in-kind contribution.
c. Find no reason to believe that Gary Peters and Peters for Michigan and Geraldine Buckles in her official capacity as treasurer violated 52 U.S.C. § 30116(f) and 11 C.F.R. § 110.9 by knowingly accepting excessive in-kind contributions or violated 52 U.S.C. § 30104(b) and 11 C.F.R. § 104.3(a) by failing to report in-kind contributions.
d. Approve the Factual and Legal Analyses for Gary Peters and Peters for Michigan and Geraldine Buckles in her official capacity as treasurer, as recommended in the First General Counsel’s Report dated May 27, 2020, subject to the edits circulated by Commissioner Cooksey’s Office on February 10, 2022 at 1:32 p.m.
e. Close the file.
f. Issue the appropriate letters.
The Commission failed by a vote of 3-3 to:
a. Find reason to believe that VoteVets.org Action Fund violated 52 U.S.C. §§ 30116(a)(1)(A) and 30118(a) and 11 C.F.R. § 110.1(b)(1) by making excessive and prohibited in-kind contributions.
b. Find reason to believe that Majority Forward violated 52 U.S.C. §§ 30116(a)(1)(A) and 30118(a) and 11 C.F.R. § 110.1(b)(1) by making excessive and prohibited in-kind contribution.
c. Direct the Office of General Counsel to amend the Factual and Legal Analyses and the Conciliation Agreements, as recommended in the First General Counsel’s Report dated May 27, 2020, consistent with these findings.
d. Enter into pre-probable cause conciliation with VotesVets.org Action Fund and Majority Forward.
e. Approve the appropriate letters.
Disposition
Disposition | Penalty | Respondent | Citation |
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Dismissed-Other | VoteVets.org Action Fund |
52
U.S.C.
§30116(a)(1)(A)
11 CFR 109.23 11 CFR 110.1(b)(1) |
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Buckles, Geraldine |
52
U.S.C.
§30104(b)
52 U.S.C. §30116(a)(1)(A) 11 CFR 104.3(a) 11 CFR 109.23 11 CFR 110.9 |
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Peters for Michigan |
52
U.S.C.
§30104(b)
52 U.S.C. §30116(a)(1)(A) 11 CFR 104.3(a) 11 CFR 109.23 11 CFR 110.9 |
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Peters, Gary |
52
U.S.C.
§30104(b)
52 U.S.C. §30116(a)(1)(A) 11 CFR 104.3(a) 11 CFR 109.23 11 CFR 110.9 |
Documents
Participants
Relationship | Name |
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Primary respondent | Peters for Michigan |
Previous respondent | Buckles, Geraldine |
Peters, Gary | |
VoteVets.org Action Fund | |
Complainant | Arnold, Kendra |
Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT) | |
Respondent's counsel | Elias, Marc E. |
Reiff, Neil P. |