Campaigns Cited for Failure to File Pre-Primary Report

For Immediate Release:                                                                                             Contact:   Kelly Huff
April 28, 2000                                                                                                                                Ron Harris
                                                                                                                                                        Sharon Snyder
                                                                                                                                                        Ian Stirton


 

CAMPAIGNS CITED FOR FAILURE TO FILE PRE-PRIMARY REPORT

WASHINGTON -- Indiana and North Carolina will be holding primary elections on May 2,
2000, to select candidates for the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.

Provisions of the Federal Election Campaign Act require committees supporting
candidates involved in the primary to file reports of their financial activity 12 days
before the election.

As of 5 p.m. , April 27, 2000, disclosure reports from the following committees had not
been filed:

 

IN/02....RON GYURE FOR CONGRESS...JOHN H. BROOKE, TREAS...RONALD A. GYURE...DEM

NC/04...WARD FOR CONGRESS...DR. J. ALLEN LEWIS, TREAS...JESS WARD...REP

NC/06...COBLE FOR CONGRESS...WILLIAM H. KNIGHT, TREAS...JOHN H. COBLE...REP

NC/08...MIKE TAYLOR FOR CONGRESS...LEN BRAFFORD, TREAS...MIKE TAYLOR...DEM

NC/09...CLEMENT FOR CONGRESS...JERI CLEMENT, TREAS...JERI CLEMENT...DEM

NC/10...CASS BALLENGER FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE...MELISSA B. JORDAN, TREAS...THOMAS CASS
BALLENGER...REP

NC/12...MEL WATT FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE...BOBBY T. MARTIN, TREAS...MELVIN L. WATT...DEM

The reports were due by close-of-business April 20, and were to include financial
activity from April 1 through April 12. If sent by certified or registered mail, the
reports should have been postmarked by April 17.

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

The FEC notified committees involved in the primary of their potential filing
requirements on March 27. Those committees which did not file on the due date were
notified on April 21 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
pre-primary reports, unless they report monthly. Those committee names 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, including the imposition of civil penalties ($5,500 for "any violation"
and $11,000 for any "knowing and willful" violation).

The next regularly scheduled disclosure reports for candidate committees will be the
quarterly report, due July 15. It will cover activity from April 13 through June 30.

 

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