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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.
Cynthia McKinney for Congress (GA/04), Joan Christian, treasurer
COMPLAINANT:
FEC Initiated (RAD)
SUBJECT:
Excessive contributions; failure to report outstanding debt
DISPOSITION:
Conciliation Agreement: $33,000 civil penalty*
This compliance matter was generated by the FEC’s Reports Analysis Division referral to the General Counsel’s Office for the Committee’s acceptance of excessive contributions during the 2002 election cycle and its failure to report unrefunded excessive contributions as debt.
DOCUMENTS ON PUBLIC RECORD:
Documents from this matter are available from the Commission’s web site at http://www.fec.gov by entering 5622 under case number in the Enforcement Query System. They are also available in the FEC’s 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.
