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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.
The complaint alleged that corporate distributors of the film FAHRENHEIT
9/11 are running broadcast advertisements that contain images of
President Bush and other federal candidates, which would violate
the Act''''s electioneering communications provisions if aired after
July 30, 2004 . The Commission dismissed this matter since the Respondents
had not violated the Act because the relevant electioneering communications
period does not begin until July 31, 2004 and because the Respondents
stated that they did not intend to run such ads during the electioneering
communications period.
DOCUMENTS ON PUBLIC RECORD:
Documents from this matter are 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.
