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Kelly Huff
Bob Biersack
Ian Stirton
George Smaragdis
COMPLIANCE CASE MADE PUBLIC
WASHINGTON -- The Federal Election Commission has recently
made public its final action on a matter previously under review (MUR).
This release contains only disposition information.
Democratic Party of Virginia -Federal Campaign Committee,
Abbi G. Easter, treasurer
COMPLAINANTS:
FEC Initiated (RAD)
SUBJECT:
Failure to accurately report receipts and disbursements
DISPOSITION:
Conciliation Agreement: $21,000 civil penalty*
The Democratic Party of Virginia -Federal Campaign Committee violated
the Act by failing to accurately report receipts and disbursements
in their 2000 October Quarterly and Pre-General reports and their
amendments.
DOCUMENTS ON PUBLIC RECORD:
Documents from this matter are available from the Commission''''s
web site at http://eqs.sdrdc.com/eqs/searcheqs by entering 5391under
case number. They are also available in the FECs Public Records Office
at 999 E St. NW in Washington.
*There are four administrative stages to the FEC enforcement process:
1. Receipt of proper complaint
3. ?Probable cause? stage
2. ?Reason to believe? stage
4. Conciliation stage
It requires the votes of at least four of the six Commissioners to take
any action. The FEC can close a case at any point after reviewing a
complaint. If a violation is found and conciliation cannot be reached, then
the FEC can institute a civil court action against a respondent.
