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REPORT OF TilE AUDIT DIVISION

ON TIIB

NE\"l H1\MPSHIRE DEHOCRATIC STATE COr·1.MITTEE

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DE1'10CRl\'rIC STATE COMMIT'l'EE-GET-OUT-THE-VOTE

I. Background

A. Ovcrvic\oJ

This report is based on an audit of the New Hampshire

Democratic State Committee and Democratic state Comrnittee-GetOut-The-Vote (tithe Committee(s)"), undertaken by the Audit

Division of the Federal Election Commission in accordance with

the COlmnission' s audit policy to determine whether there has

been compliance with the provisions of the Federal Election

Campaign Act of 1971, as amended (tithe Act tl ). The audit was

conducted pursuant to Section 438(a) (8) of Title 2.of the

United States Code \·.rhich directs the Comn\i~)!;ion to make from

time to tinle audits und field invC'~;tigation:> w~th respeG.t. to

reports and statements filed under the provisions of the Act.

The Ne\v Hampshire Democratic State Committee registered

\ali th the Sccre tary of the Uni ted S ta t~s Senate on October 18, 1974

as the State Committee of the Democratic Party of Ne\i HClmpshirc-.

The Democratic State Committcc-Gct-Ollt-The-Vote registered with

the Federal Election Commission September 8, 1975 as an affi1itltc

of the New Hampshire Democratic State Conunittec. 'rhe Conunitt(:c's

n\aintained their headquarters in t-1anchcster, New Hampshire. l:./

This audit report is ba!if'd on documents and ,..'orking

papers \vhich support each ()f the factual statements. They for::.

part of the record upon \·:hich the Commission based its decisio:...

on t.he matters in the report and \\'('re avnilab1c to Commissioner;-;

and appropriate staff for review.

!/ 1\lthough separate statc:::cnts of orCJ~lnization were filed bj'

the cJbovc COlamittces, \·;c det(~rmi.ncd that only one ComnlittQe

nct\lully exist.ed •

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B. Key Personnel

period audited

The principal

were:

officers of the Committees during the

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Committee Chairman TrcasurC"r

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Now Hampshire

Democratic State

Conunittce

Democratic State

Committee-Get-Out-

'l'he-Vote

Mr. David A. LaRoche Mr. Everett B. Fe1dblum

through May 17, 1976

Mr. Clifford J. Ross

May 17, 1976 through

t-1arch 31, 1977

Ms. Kathy J. Duval

April 1, 1977 throtl<Jh

June 28, 1977

Mr. Laurence Radway Mr. George McClellan

through April 1, 197~

~ls. Kathy J. Duval

April 1, 1977 through

June 28, 1977

c. Scope

,.. reported receipts

The audit

and

incluJed

expenditures

such tests

and individual

as verification

transactions;

of total

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review of required supporting documentation ilnd anulysis of COlnmittee debts and obligations; and such other audit procedures

as deemed necessary under the circumstances.

II. Auditor's Statement

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

of the reports and statements filed and the records presented thilt

the Nc\v HaMpshire Delnocr~tic State CamIlli. tt.ec and the De'Inocra tic

State Coromi t tee-Get-Out-'l'he-Vote were not: pol i ti cal commi t tecs

as defined by Section 431(<1) of Title 2 of the United State's Code.

This opinion is b:tsed on the fact that the committees neither

supported nor anticipated supporting candidat0u for Federal

elections. According to the Committee offici;l]S, the expenditures Wl.~re for operating e;.:pen£ics by the Commi ttcC' [or state purposes •

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Although the Committees filed di.sclosure reports with the

COlllmis5ion durinq the period coverr~(l by the aucli t until they

t f' ,"mi na ted on Jut y 1, 1977, i t uppear~; tha t the Commi t t(~l'~J did

Jll It qual i fy as po litica1 conulli t tees ilnd were there fore not rer('qllired to regi~;t('r or to file repor:t~; wilh the Comrnis:-;ion.

nf'commendation

since lhe CUl1\mittees did not Cjualify as political committees

and have filed l('r'mination rClJortn, we rc'colnmcnc1 no act.ion be

takc'n •

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