Campaign Fails to File Pre-Primary Report in Tennessee

WASHINGTON -- The congressional campaign of Ron Redwing in Tennessee''''s 9th Congressional District was cited by the Federal Election Commission today for failing to file a financial disclosure report required by the Federal Election Campaign Act (“the Act”).

Tennessee is holding its primary election for federal candidates on August 3.  The Act requires committees supporting candidates in the primary to file reports of their financial activity 12 days before the election.

As of 5 p.m., July 31, 2006 a disclosure report from the following committee had not been filed:

State                Committee                   Treasurer                                             Candidate                    Party

TN          REDWING, RON    JARVIER BAILEY                                    RON REDWING             DEM

The report was due July 22, 2006 and should have included financial activity for the period April 1 through July 14, 2006. If sent by certified or registered mail, the report must have been postmarked by July 19, 2006.  The Committee filed a standard July quarterly report covering April 1, 2006 through June 30, 2006 but failed to provide information as required for the first two weeks of July.

Some individuals and their committees have no obligation to file reports even though their names may appear on state ballots. If an individual raises or spends less than $5,000, he is not considered a "candidate" subject to reporting under the FECA.

The FEC notified committees involved in the primary of these filing requirements on June 28, 2006. Those committees that did not file on the due date were notified on July 24, 2006 that reports had not been received and that their names would be published if they did not respond within four business days.

Federal law gives the FEC broad authority to initiate enforcement actions against non-filers, and the FEC has implemented a new administrative fine program that can subject committees to penalties ranging from $30 to $16,000 or more.

The next regularly scheduled disclosure reports for Tennessee candidate committees will be the October Quarterly Report, due October 15. It will cover activity from July 15 through September 30.

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