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FEDlRAI [l[CTION CO"""'ISSION

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REPORT or TilE AUDIT DIVISION

ON TilE

CIT 1ZEN S C0r~ ~~ ITT[E r 0R T"ERE- ELEeTION 0F JOliN \oJ. t" YO LER

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This report is based on an audit of the Citizens ro~mittee

for the R(~ - c1cc t ion 0 f lJ 0 hn U. \of.v d1e r (It t hPr.oI'HT'l ittC' (\ .. ), under t J kP n

by the Audit flivision of the reci~ral flection Commission in acco,"-

cI (l nee \'1 ; t h t h Po Commiss; 0 n 's uud ito0 1 i c:.v to d(? t (' r rl inc \'ItH~ the r the I" P.

ha s bee ncorl P 1ian ce \-/ i t h the pro vision S 0 f the red era 1 [ 1c c t ion

CaIIIpai 9 n J\ c t 0 f 1971, asamend ed (n the Act"). The audi t \.: as

conducted pursuant to Section 113fl(a)(S} of Title 2 of the United

StatesC0 d l' \'1 h i r h d ire c t s the Car.lm iss ion toma kefrom time to

time audits and field investigations with respect to reports and

statements filed under the provisions of the ftct.

The Committee re~istcred with the Office of th~ Clerk

of the u.s. Bouse of Representatives on J\rl"il 30, 1975 J_I in

support of ,John !I. \:ydler, a cunrlidatc for re-plection to the

office of Rept"csentJtive of the fifth Conq)"cs~;onal P;st'''ict

of rl e\'/ Yo r k . 0n A!')' i 1 20, 19 7(;, the CO 1!lIP itte e "J \1 5 des i nat e d

by the Candidate uS his principal car.lpili~n committee for the

1976 e1 e c t ; 0 n . The C0 :~1 mit tee mit i n t a ins its he a dqua r t e rsin

Garden City, New York.

The audit covered the period frOM January 1, 197~, the

c f fcc t i vc d (l teo f the f\ c t, t h}' 0 lJ h Sl' n LPill b P. r 30, 197 7, the fin a 1

co vcril 9 p et l1 t (\ 0 f t h 0 ] i1 t est r C (l 0 ,.. t f i 1 e d l> .v the C0 r.lm; t tee . nur ; nq

t h; s pe "i 0 d the enI'i III ittf\ ere POl' ted a h P. inn i nq c J S h b() 1(1 nceo f

$2,047.20, total rcceints of 5119,116.30. tot~l exncnditurcs of

$109 , 13? . 0 6 an" a c i 0 s 'i n9 ellS h b a1 J nee 0 f $ 12 I 031 . uJl 0n Sep t ern be,"

30, 1977.

1/ This registration rcpr~5ented an ampndment to the ComMittee's

o rig i nil 1 )' e q i s t rut ion to; 11 die ate sup po rtf0 r the Can did ate i n

the· 1976 election.

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. This audit report is based on documents and working

papers which support each of the factual statements. They form

part of the record upon which the Commission based its decisions

on the matters in the report and were available to Commissioners

and appropriate staff for review.

B. Key Pcrsonn~l

The principal officers of the Committee were Charles A.

Holman, Chairman, and Gail A. Speranza, Treasurer.

c. Scope

The audit included such tests as verification of

reported receipts and expenditures and individual transactions;

review of required supporting documentation; analysis of Committee debts and obligations; and, such other audit procedures as

deemed necessary under the circumstances.

JJ. Auditor's Statement

It is the opinion of the Audit staff, based upon examination of the reports and statements filed and the records pre- sented, that the reports and statements of the Citizens Committee

f 0 l'" the Re- e 1e c t ion 0 f J 0 hn \·1. HYd1er fa i r 1y pre sen t the fin cJ nc i it 1

activities of the Committee for the period covered by th~ audit.

No material problems in complying with the Federal Election

Campaign Act were discovered during the course of the audit.

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John W. Wydler / Citizens Committee for the

Re-election of John W. Wydler

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$119,116.30

$109,132.06

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