This file contains archived live captions of the open meeting of the Federal Election Commission held on February 17, 2022. This file is not a transcript of the meeting, and it has not been reviewed for accuracy or approved by the Federal Election Commission. Thank you very much. Good morning. Open meeting of the Federal Election Commission for Thursday February 17th, 2022. Welcome aboard. We have a late submitted document this morning past. Thank you, I move to suspend the rules ordered that the commission may consider late submission. Thank you, sir. Seeing none, please say I. First matter on our agenda this morning is audit division for the democracy Audit Division Recommendation Memorandum on the Democracy Engine which is A19-18 . Mr. Morcomb and Miss Burgess for the opposition. Good morning Mr. Chairman and commissioners. Before you is the audit Audit Division Recommendation Memorandum on the Democracy Engine for consideration on January 3rd, 2022. The brief presentation will be provided January 27th for the open meeting. We were able to answer any questions you may have. Thank you. Are there any questions for the audit division for discussion of this matter. Mr. Chairman? I'm just prepared to make a motion. I will make some comments that I have with my motion. Colleagues? Go ahead commission trainer. >> I would move to terminate the audit in relation to democracy engines incorporated. I think it is the best use of the commission's resources for us to do that. As we all know, the staff is made some recommendations for finding without a particular definition for the error that is associated with it. So, instead of having to re-create a process to deal that come I think it is best that we just terminate the audit at this time. Thank you, Commissioner Trainer . Is there any discussion to Commissioner Trainer's motion? Thank you. Question for the staff, if we were to terminate the audit would there be any report issued ? What would happen? Mr. Chairman, if I may. Thank you. I welcome to assist as well. It would seem that if the commission were to actually terminate the audit that we would not have an audit reports different from where the commission to reject the findings on the split or the findings. So, just to be clear, if there were a motion to approve the recommendations and that fails, we would have a report . If there was no support for any of the findings, all of the findings would be in additional issues. Am I understanding that correctly? When you say if there was no report for any of the findings, that would be a rejection -- I'm sorry. I'm a stroke. Let's say it splits. Hypothetically speaking. Where the findings to split 3/3 they would appear in the report as additional -- as additional findings. The difference between a split vote and just terminating the audit, one gets a report in the other one doesn't? And the report is basically written already? Yes, it is. The work is been done. Yes, ma'am. Okay, then. I will not be able to support the motion then. Thank you. Any further discussion? Seeing none. All in favor of Commissioner? Motion fails by a vote of 3-3 with Commissioner Trainer 's in support and the vice chair, Commissioner a post. Thank you Mr. Chairman. With the respect to the memorandum on the democracy engine pack , A19-18 , I move that we approve the recognitions of the audit division. Thank you, DELLC five. Is there any discussion of the motion? Seeing none, all in favor? A post? The motion fails with three in favor, if I share in DELLC five. And myself. Are there further motions? Segment. My thanks to the audit division. The second matter on our agenda for this morning is a memorandum and proposed policy circulated by my office. The memorandum is short for any who would like to understand what drove this but in brief, matters with solid respondents are rare but they do occur. When they do occur, I think it is important for us to have a plan for undertaking our duties of the statute while simultaneously not undermining the foreign policy of the United States. This is a revised draft which reflects comments from another of my colleagues and all parties. I thank them and OTC for what I found, at least to be a useful and collaborative process. With that, I am happy to open up to any questions for the Council or discussion among my colleagues. 30 motion? Thank you, Mr. Chairman. With regard to the proposal of foreign state respondents at the inversion of the -- process. I would move approval from the Chairman dated February 14th, 2022 which is agenda document 22 dash 02 dash be. Thank you Commissioner Cooksey for that motion. Any discussion? All in favor please signal by saying aye. Any opposed? The motion passes unanimously. Thank you very much. That concludes our agenda. As a staff director? Are there any management or administrative matters that the mission needs to discuss today. Mr. Chairman, there are no such matters. Thank you so much everyone. The meeting is adjourned. [ Event concluded ]