11 Campaigns Fail to File October Quarterly Report

For Immediate Release:                                                                                             Contact:   Kelly Huff
October 27, 2000                                                                                                                          Ron Harris
                                                                                                                                                        Sharon Snyder
                                                                                                                                                        Ian Stirton

 


11 CAMPAIGNS FAIL TO FILE OCTOBER QUARTERLY REPORT

WASHINGTON -- The Federal Election Commission today cited 11 U.S. Senate and House
campaigns for failure to file the required October Quarterly financial disclosure report
covering activity through September 30.

As of 5 p.m., October 26, 2000, disclosure reports from the following committees had
not been filed:

 


SEN......WILLIE LOGAN FOR UNITED STATES SENATE....RONALD THOMPKINS, TREAS...

WILLIE F. LOGAN...OTH

CA/48...ELECT PETER KOUVELIS...PETER KOUVELIS, TREAS...PETER KOUVELIS...DEM

FL/14....SAM FARLING FOR CONGRESS...SAM FARLING, TREAS...SAM FARLING...NLP

IL/10.....LAUREN BETH GASH FOR CONGRESS...BARRY J. SHAPIRO, TREAS...LAUREN B.
GASH...DEM

NC/01...EVA CLAYTON COMMITTEE FOR CONGRESS...PATSY T. HARGROVE, TREAS...EVA M.
CLAYTON...DEM

NM/03..LISA LUTZ FOR CONGRESS...KELLY G. HELVIE, TREAS...LISA L. LUTZ...REP

NY/11...CLARKE 2000...RAYNEL‘ L. TROTMAN, TREAS...UNA S. CLARKE...DEM

SC/06....ELLISON FOR CONGRESS...JOANNE ELLISON, TREAS...VINCE E. ELLISON...REP

TX/09....PAUL WILLIAMS FOR CONGRESS...MIKE MUNDY, TREAS...PAUL WILLIAMS...REP

TX/22....JO ANN MATRANGA FOR CONGRESS...PHILIP J. MATRANGA, TREAS...JO ANN
MATRANGA...DEM

TX/27....PAT AHUMADA FOR CONGRESS...HERBERT G. AMES, TREAS...PAT AHUMADA...REP

The report was due October 15, 2000 and should have included financial activity for the
period July 1, 2000, or later for those involved in late primaries, through September 30,
2000. If sent by certified or registered mail, the report should have been postmarked by
midnight October 15.

Committees were notified of their filing requirements on September 21. Those committees
which did not file on the due date were notified on October 20 that reports had not been
received and that their names would be published if they did not respond within four
business days.

Other political committees supporting Senate and House candidates in elections (those
which are not authorized units of a candidate''''s campaign) also are required to file
quarterly reports, unless they report monthly. Those committees are not published by the
FEC.

Further Commission action against non-filers and late filers is decided on a
case-by-case basis. Federal law gives the FEC broad authority to initiate enforcement
actions and the FEC has implemented a new administrative fine program which will subject
committees to penalties ranging from $125 to $16,000 or more.

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