Congressional committees fail to file reports

The following principal campaign committees failed to file required 12 Day Pre-Primary reports:

• Citizens for Joe Armino (MD/1)¹ ; and
• Friends to Elect George Mitchell for Congress (MD/4).²

The 12 Day Pre-Primary report for the February 12 Maryland Primary was due on January 31, 2008. The Commission notified committees of their filing obligations prior to this reporting deadline. Committees that failed to file the required reports were subsequently notified that their reports had not been received and that their names would be published if they did not respond within four business days.

The Federal Election Campaign Act requires the Commission to publish the names of principal campaign committees if they fail to file election-sensitive reports. 2 U.S.C. §437g(b). The agency may also pursue enforcement actions against nonfilers and late filers on a case-by-case basis.

¹ Citizens for Joe Armino filed a paper 12 Day Pre-Primary report that exceeds the e-filing threshold and is therefore required to be filed electronically.

² The 2007 Year End Report was waived for candidates in the 2008 Maryland primaries. Primary candidates and their committees were required to file a 12 Day Pre-Primary Report covering October 1, 2007, through January 23, 2008. Friends to Elect George Mitchell for Congress filed a standard 2007 Year End Report on paper, but is required to file electronically. The committee also mailed in a CD containing its entire database, which was rejected by the Electronic Filing Office.