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W,\SttiNC ION.D.C. 204bJ

REPORT OF THE AUDIT DIVISION

ON THE

NEW HAMPSHIRE REPUBLICAN STATE CO~~1ITTEE

AND

NEW HAMPSHIRE REPUBLICAN COr-1.~ITTEE/FEDER1\L ACCOUNT

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A. Overvie\-l

This report is based on an audit of the New Hampshire

Republican State Corrmittee and New Hampshire Republican Committee/

Federal Account: (tithe Conunittee (s) ") .undertaken bv the Audit

Division of the Federal Election COffi.T'(\ission in accordance wit!1

the Commission's audit policy to determine whether there has been co~pliancc with thc provisions of the Federal Election Cam9aign

Act of 1971, as amended (tithe Act"). The audit 'vas. conducted

pursuant to Section ~38(a) (8) of ~itle 2 of the United States

Code which directs the Commission to make from time to time

audits and field investigations with respect to reports and state~cnts filed under the p~ovisions of the Act.

The New 113IDpshire Republican State Committee registered

with the Clerk of the United-States House of Representatives en

April 19, .1972. Tlw New Hampshire Republican Committce/Fcdcr~l

Acco~at registered \vith the Federal Election Commission on ;.pril

4, 1977 as an affiliate of the Nc\v Hampshire Republican State Con~ittec. The Committees maintain their headquarters in Concord,

NC\ol HaI:1p~~hire.

This audit report is based on documents and working p~pcrs \d1ich support each of-the fnctuZll statements. They form

part of the record upon 'olhich the Commission based its decisions

on the 1n:ltt;.crs in the report and \alcrc available to Commissioners

and aFFropriatc staff for review •

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The principal officers of the Committees during the

period audited were:

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B. Rcy Personnel

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c. Scope

The audit included such tests as verification of

total reported receipts and expenditures and individual transactions; review of required supporting docunentation and

analysis of Co~nittee debts and obligations; and such other

audit procedures as·deemed ~ecessary under th~ CirCt~S~~nces••

II. Auditor's Statement ..

It is the opinion 6f the Audit staff, based upon exaInination

of the reports and statements filed and the records presented, th~t

the Nc\v IL:unpshire Republicnn,.;State COffi.'TIittce and the NC\'l H~I7.p3hirc

Republican Committ~e/Fcdcral Account are not political CCffiwittccs

as defined by Section 431(d) of Title 2 of the United States Codc

and are not subject to the jurisdiction of the Co~ni5sion.

Committee Chairman

New Hampshire Mr. Gerald P. Carmen

Republican State

Conunittee

New Hampshire ~r. Gerald P. Carmen

Republican Committee/

Federal Account

Treasurer

Ms. M. Sheila Roberge

through 7/7/76

Mr. E. Richard Young

fall of 1977 through

the present

Ms. Alice Pinkham

This opinion is based on the fact that the Committees did

not support candidates in connection \'1i th l·"cceral elections cu::-ing

the period audited. The Nc\v H~rnp:-;hirc Republican Stc:ltc COr.'.:':1itte(~

exists to support candidates-for election \:0 state and lcc~l o~::~i.cc·

The Ne\o1 Harnp~'jhire Republican Comnlittce/Fcc:cral Account exists to

receive tran~;fers fronl the Republican N~tional Con...~ittec \.;hich

are used to p~y the saiary of the Executive Director of the ~cw

lIumpshire Rt~publican State Committee.

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Thp Committees registered with the Commission based upon

the bcli.~f that they were required to do so. The Committees

intend t f) continue filing reports because they may support

candidat to:; for Federal election in the future as money becomes

availalJl. o.

Rccornmcnf t.l tion

Sincp the Co~mittees do not qualify as political committees,

we reCOllU1l1 ~nd no action be taken.