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FRED EILAND

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ROBERT J. COS11[\

JUDY Jlj\\\T1'\J~IS

l\tt~chcd please find a copy of t-he final audit report

of the Ohio Democratic P~rty Federal Campaign Account which

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\·]as approved by the Commission on i\pr-il 30, 1979.

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SUBJ1JC'f: PUBLIC ISSU;\:lCE OF AUD11' RI:PORT -

OHIO DEL-l0CHi\TlC l'AR'rY FI:DERi\L CAi·1PAIG~

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All .i n formational copies of thi~.; report have been reccivL~d

by all p~rt it-'s involved and this relJort may b0 released to the

public as of today, Hay 11, 1979.

Att.:lchment as stated

cc: FEe Library

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F[[)ER..\1 [1 [eTION CO/\1,\·USSION

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REPORT 0]' 'rIll': AUDIT DIVIS ION ON THE

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'j'his r(~Dort is bo..sell on tIn audit of the Ohio DeMocratic

Pa-rt-j:o-l"t..1 dc'ral -C3.np-:liqn i\ccountC' t hC'~onu~i ttec"), undertaken by

t.he l\nl1; t Di\~i~ion of the redcrZ1.1 1,:1 f.~ction COr.1!'!1fssfon in ac-t-b-r;;..

d.1.ncc \·d.lh the CCf1r.1iss ion' s ~udi t ll(d ic~.~ to determine ,.;hcther thc~(!

h~s been COfLlpli.:1nce \-li th the nrov j ~~ i (Ins of the rcderal Election

Caf.1p.:1iull :\ct of 1971, as umcnetccl (" t he l\ct"). ~he audit 'vas

c0nduct(~d :,urs:lant to ~~f'ction 438 (:l) (:~) of Title 2 of the United

St,lt·t.~S C('(k~ \·.yhich (:iroct~~ the C0ml~~i:~::i.on to ma}:c from tilne to tir~t~

du<!its ,lnd field in'lc~;Li~:,l.t:i0n:; \,,'it'h respect to rcnorts and st~t:c-

~',l "~~ t ~-; r i 1C'dunl1 '- \r t h (~ 1) r ()'." i ion S 0 f the Act. -

'1'h(\ CC'!~:;~i ttet· rcq:i !-~ t~rl"'(1 wi. th the Cor.;:,troller ~cnC'r;ll

(1! th","'l t'l1it(~d St;'1tc~ on ~·l~rch 12, ]<)73 ~s the FCl1cr111 C'amp;liun

cn:"::~ittC't~ of the Ohio DC!:10Crll.t.ic P;lt-ty. rrhe C0l:'.r;ittcc m.:tint-'-l Lns

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r~h(~ ,1'-h1~.t cO'.1L'rCl1 the' P('l-'Oc] fron ,li1nu~r'/ 1, 197G throl:,':l

('\ctob'~r 17, 1 ~'7~~, the fin~l CO\"l~l';ll~t~ d~t0 of the nl0~t recent

1-l~nol.~ t r i ] L~l1 b': thQ CO~1I:1.i t tee .:1l t hl\ tir.1C of the ~udi t. l.'he

Cc;·:::d.ttl~('\ r.·\t~oi-l":ll a bc:ri.nninq cd~:h ba1.:lnce on ,lanu~ry 1, 1976 of

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,,-')ct(;b\~l' 17, l~~~" cf S·l, 0::>1. ~8.

'r:li~: .:~u~lit l:'C:'1'ort i~; bd~;('c1 0~ documents <:lnd \·.?orkinq

r'.J.~:crs \vh.i.ch :~'..~r-~·I()rt C,l.~':l of th(~ fdctu:ll st~tcrlcnts. They form

p:lrt 0: t!ll~ r,-'~;~rc1 unon ·...?hi ell thl\ Cnm~:~ission b':lsec1 its decisions

on the m~lt~:(\~:~ in th~ rc'!')ort and \','C're ~Y;liluble to Conu~issionC'rs

anl1 ..'1:-::)ro~"1-i.1:·'.~ st.:l.ff fer revjl.~\-J.

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'rlll.' principLll officers of the Committee durina th.·

lH~l- iocl ~ud.i tc..'\d \vcrc r1r. r~u 1 Ti pps, Chairm~n, and r-~r. H~rr'./ c. JIf-·'/r~1.-1n (1/]/7() - 6/29/76) and r·1r. John l\. \'1iethc «(;/29/76 -

I )r< !~ien t:), '111·l"'~1~urcrs.

'1'hc' <-HH.1i t included such tests as vcrification of I ()t~l

rC'~)(Jrtcd r'--~<.'l'i pts and cxnendit:urcs (lnc.1 individu3l transact j nns:

reZric\-J of r('qll j rcc..l suppo~-tinq (10cu::1(~nt-'-lt:ion 3nc1 ~nalysis of

Ccmmitt(~t,.~ d.-'ill~; Llnd obliq~tions: Zlnd ~~uch other audit procedures

(15 dCCf.:l:·d Ih'\.·...... ss~ry undC't- the circt.1I!1~~L;1l1ces.

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l'T'ortr; ,lnl1 st;ltCrlCnts [j led and the records presented,

th~t, the rl.':"'\l-Ls and statC'Plc'nt::.s of the Ohjo Democrlltic Party-rc(~c\r,Jl

(':1I:1n:li.. zn ;'\l.... t,... , lunt f<-'1irly pre~)cnt tht~ financial activities of the

CC)1:~:~1itl,--"e f()!" the p(;rjod co\'"crcd b'/ l he ,:H~l1it. :':0 materi~l pr()blt---'::-:~;

i nco!"';" 1,,:: i lV, \.; i th thl~ Fl'd('r .'11 }~] C'ct j on C~::~!)Zl iqn ,-\,.C t \vcrc disco\"c Y-0(~

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