Nine Campaigns Fail to File July Quarterly Report

The reports were due July 15, 1998, and should have included financial activity for the period April 1, 1998, or from the inception of the committee, through June 30, 1998. If sent by certified or registered mail, the reports should have been postmarked by midnight July 15.

Committees were notified of their filing requirements on June 19. Those committees which did not file on the due date were notified on July 22 that reports had not been received and that their names would be published if they did not respond within four business days.

For this publication, the Commission has focused attention only on those campaigns with primaries during the third quarter of 1998. The Commission publishes only the names of those committees which have been designated by candidates as their principal campaign committees.

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 quarterly reports, unless they report monthly. Those committees 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.)

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