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December 21, 1978

PUBLIC ISSUANCE OF AUDIT REPORT - S'fATI:: DEMOCRATIC PARTY or PENNSYLVANIA/

VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVE CO~1MITTEE

SHARON SNYDER

PRESS OFFICE

BOB COSTA ~~ JUDY lIA\'1KINS

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As of this dato, Dcccmber 21, 1978, all informational copies

of the report have been received by all parties involved and this

report may be released to the public as of today.

Attached plc.wc fi.nd a copy of the final audit report of

the State Democrat.ic Party of Pennsylvania/Votcr Registration

Drive Committee wh.ich was approved by the Commission on December

5, 1970.

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HD[R/\1. [l,l:CTION CON\N\ISSION

REPORT 01:" TilT:: AUDIT DIVISION

ON 'fUE

STAT):: nT::rtOCRi\TIC Pl\R'J.'Y OF PENNSyr.,vANIA/

VOT1~R HECJSTRi\'fION DRIVE COi·1JU'l''l'EE

This Cluc1i t. r·.'port. i:..~ b.:l~:Jec1 on docupwnt:~; and ,·:orking

JXlpr~r!; r;l1pporting C:<lC:1 of it.s f:.lctuu] !.;t.;lt('mcllt~;. '~'hcy form

pil)"l of. Uw record upo:l\-:hich the CO!:1i:li~;r.:ion 1,:1,5(;,1 its c1eci"jons

OIl the m~lt.lers in thi.:: report, and \·:er(~ aV;:lil'tblc t.o Commi,,~;ionC'n.;

;111<1 appropriate ~taJ.f: for rcvim·l .

'fhe audi.t covered 1.:11e period from June 30, 1976,

the ini.ti it] covera~Jf:' c::, te of t.he Committee's fin.;t. report, to

ncc0mbcr 1, 1977, thc: fin;:\-1 coverage date of the C0ll1l:1ittec's

tcn:\ina tion )~eport. n~lrillg t.h.1.r; period, the ('olmni t tee reported

an opC'nin~l cash ba)l1!:C(~ of $ -0-, tot.:l1 recei.pts of: ~R7,19G.71,

total m:pcnditures of $79,07lL38, and Cl c10sil1g cash balance

of $8,11l.1.33.

The audit·\·l.:l~~ conducted pursu<lnt to Section 438 (a) (8)

of Title 2, tlni ted St.:t tes Code, \·:hich directs the CO!lu~lission to·

make'from time to tb~c audits and·field invcsti~fat.ions \"ith

respect to reports a1,c1 statcment:s filed under the provisions of

the l\c t. 'J'hc Commi t t.ee registered as a r..ul ticanc1 ic1u te cO:llmi t tee

cm<1 voter rcgistruti 011 drive effort on August 13, 1976. '''he

Committee Inuintaineci its'heCldquarters in HClrrisburg, Pennsylvania.

A. Overvim'l

This report covers an audit of the State Democratic

Party of Pe::nnsy1'\·unia/Voter Registration Drive r.onuni ttee (" the

COinmi ttec"), undcrt,,}:cm by the Audit staff to cletermine \\'hethcr

thel-e has been compli.:nce \'li th the provisions of the Federal,

JUcction C.u'!\paign Act, as amended, (lithe l\ct").

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A. Suppo~tin~ Documentation for ExPcriditures

D. Key Perfionnel

Section 102.9(c) (4) of the Cotnrni.s[;i01~'!.i Regulations

stille;;, in part, tha t ,·..he'll i1 receipt,ed bi 11 is not uVuilLlblc,

\:lIt: tT(',l;~lu~cr m,l~' 1:('ep \:ho cc:mcC!11C',1 check (,,) ~;.h()\-.'in~l payment (s)

of the hi 11; ,1}1(1 Uw bi}}, invoice or otl1(')~ conV:!:ipOl~nl1(:~OU[;

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P;IYI'(~ cl\n~:;Llni:l~i the jckntific':d::ion of the pny,::,~, und the

,I1\1oun l, (1;: tc', ,uld p.:Il~tic\ll:u:~; 01 the expcnui t.:1::'l~ (!,,;) •

It is the opinion of the Audit staff, based upon examination

of tho reports and statements filed and the records presented, that

eYoc('pt for the deficiency noted he 10\01 , the reports and statements

of the State Democratic Party of Ponnsylvania/Voter Registration

Driv(: Committee fairly prc~;ent the financial activities of the

Co~nittee for the period covered by the audit. Further, except as

noted below, no material problems in co~plying with th6 Federal

Election Campaign Act \'Iere discover~d during the course of the

audit.

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II.'Auc1itor's Statement: and Descrirltion of Pindinqs

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The audit included such tests as the verification of

total reported receipts and expenditures and individual transactions;

revi.e\'l of required supporting documentation; analysis of Committee

debt~ and obligations; and, fiuch other audit procedures as deemed

necc:;sary under the circumr:tances. .

The principal officers of the Committee during the period

the audit wer.e Hl:'. Jerry il'ueche I Chairman, and Mr. Dennis

E. '!'laiemann. Treasurer• ....

Section 43~(d) of Title 2, United States Code states,

in part, th':1 tit ~;h<lll be the duty of the treasurer to obtain

and keep u receiptcel bill, statin9 the particulars, for every

e:-:penc1iture !:,.::c:c by on or. behalf of: a political cont.-:1i ttec in

e:-:cess of $100 in il!i1Otl!1t:, t1nd for any ;;UC!l c:-::?cnditurc in a

le~;;;er i:ul1ouat, if t.ile ugg~~c'::1atc i:lmount of such e~:penditurc to

. the ~>ame pcrson during u c.:tJ,cnc1ur YCur cxceeds $100.

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It is the opinion of Uw )\uc'U t st.aff that trw C(lmmit:t:c~o has

<lemon~;t~·atcc1 it:.; b(~:;t. (;ffort.:~ to ~;ccure u}{~ nccc~;:';,:ry <.1ocumentatioll. 'l'lwrcforc, the imdit S1:,l:'[ rCCOl:~::l('l:tl::; thilt. no additional

ileLion in th.i.i; mil t tor :u.j nccc::;:;ary ..

'l'h(~ Commi ttec recchocd only onC' (l) respon~;(' from

tId s effort and f.·luc1o i1 furth0.r attempt by t.elephone to obtai.n

th.i~; c1ocum-:ma tl.on. 'l'hi~; second attempt ref;ul ted in no additioliLll

r(·'~;l'oll~;e.

Thesc 14 expenditureG are comprised of 12 advances to

county rcpresentative~; for "get out the vote" purposes and two. (2)

for other purpose~;. 'I'he 12 get out the vote cxpenc1i. tures total

$4,670.00. In fln effort to secure this documentation from the

county representatives, the COlnmittee mailed a letter to each

reprC'sentative with the advance, \-lhich n~qucsted that the

receipt of the advance bc ad;nm-ilcdged by ~;"igning the bott'Jrn

of the letter an<l returning ito Also, i.ncluded in this letter

''las C\ request for it further ccmc::~tmj cation in \-;hich the representative ,-:as to identify directly in ,·;ha t manner these funds

''len~ used. Furtlwr, thc letter ~;pccifj es that these funds were

to be tH;ed for '''getti ng out t.he vote on election day" only, and

included ex~mplcs of bonafide expenditures.

". 1\ rov:l.c\-r of the Committee's expenditure records rcVOille,d tha t t.he COllllt\ i t tee did not ret.lin ~;upporti.ng c10curnenta tion

fot" 14 eX1)CIHli turt .:; t.otaU.n~J $5,309.23. ~'hi5 represents 11. 57~

of the total numb(~r dud (j. 71 of the total dollar value of all

c>:penditures made by the Committee.

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