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THE. FEDERAL ELEGTJON ,

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1325 K Street N.W., Washington, D.C. 20463 

Volume 3, Number 10 

THIRD QUARTER REPORT 

All candidates for Federal office and authorized committees supporting such candidates must file a quarterly report 

by October ·10; 197], if the candidate alone, or ail the 

authorized committees: collectively, or the candidate and 

the committees together received contributions' and/or 

made e~pendltures totaling more than $5,000 between 

July 1 and September 30, .If a candidate's principal cam-· 

paign committee exceeded the reporting threshold during 

the quarter, all the authorized corrimittee.s of that candidate 

rriusffile FEC Form 3 (not 3a postcard) with the principal 

campaign committee, regardless of.howmuch they raised or. 

spent. All other political committees must file a quarterly 

report if either contributions or expenditures exceeded 

$1,000 during the quarter. 

If the candidate or committee is exempt from filing a 

report because campaign financial activity· did not exceed. 

the reporting threshold, the candidate or committee must 

nevertheless 'file FEC Form 3a (postcard form), or a letter 

with the' same information, at the end of the first quarter 

in which the exemption applies. Candidates who have been 

granted a personal reporting waiver need not file _an 

October 10 candidate report. 

Notices including information qri where to file and which 

fo.rms to use will be sent to all registered candidates and 

committees .. Requests for forms should be addressed to 

the Office of Public Communications,·. Federal Election 

Commission, 1325 K Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 

20463. Toll free telephone: 800/424-9530. 

OFFICE ACCOUNTS 

The Federal Election campaign Act. of 1971, as amende9, . .requjres the_ reporting of. offi_ce _account receipts and 

disbursements. The Federal Election Commission Regulations (Part 113) implementing this requirement took effect 

on April 13; 1977. · · · 

An office account is defined as "an account established for 

the purposes of supporting the activities of a Federal or 

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State officeholder ... " (§113.1 (b)). It may int:ludO.fu

donated for the purpose of supporting an officehold

. activities and/or_ exceSs campaign funds. An- offiCe_ acC9

is not limited to an account established by an officehold

but includes an account created in the officeholder's beh

which contains funds donated to support his or her off

hplder activities. Accounts containing exclusively· app

priated funds or only personal funds of the officeholder,

a c;ombination· of the two are not office accounts. Exc

campaign· funds used to support Officeholder ·activities 

disbursed and reported through the officeholder's princi

campaign committee need not be· reported on tlie off

a~count report. 

This report is required to be filed by the fpll~wing; 

·· Each Federal officeholder who maintains .. an off

account. :. ·,·_ . -, _ 

. ·· Each State officeholder who is a candidate for Fede

office and who maintains an office account. 

The report should be filed on or before October 15, 19

using FEC Form 8 and supporting schedules; as 'necessa

Anyone previously reporting office account activity 

FEC Form 3 or 6, or in any other manner, should use Fo

8 for this niport and identify the name underwhich p

vious reports were filed. The period covered by thisti

report should be April 13, 1977, t~rough September 

1977, for Federal officeholders and the later of April 

1977 or the date of candidacy through September 

1977, for State officeholders. 

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives and St

officeholders who are candidates for the House shouldA

their reports with the Clerk of the House, .1 036 Longwo

House Office Building, Washington, D.C. c 20515, Memb

of the U.S. Senate and State officeholders who' are can

dates .for the Senate should file their reports \vith· 

Secretary of the Senate, .119 D Street, NeE'., Washingt

D.C. 20510. The President, Vice President and State off

holders who are candidates·. for the Presi!le~cy or V

Presidency should file their reports. with the Federal E

tion Commission, 1325 K Street, N.w:, Washington, D

20463. 

Additional questions or requests for . forms should· 

addressed to the Federal EleCtion Commission .. , · · 
. AO 1977-29: , Ret.Jm of Deposit 

- · ~C!lngre~IJian Ric:IJardson Preye~ may p~rsollatly accept the 

. retijirl '!>(a deposit; wi~ ac;Crue<l inte,lest, -troili Piedmont 

~ir)iii~.-ile!:811Se: the deposit W.."originally macie in a com~ 

jil_eroial, u:~nS.ction t!> ~re c.a111paigh transport8tion in 

' <:?~9.rii~man, l'oiver's 19fl4 !Jl!bemat~rial campaign B!ld . 

· · ·fro"'!' ,hifl!ls 11rovided for, that p1Jrpose tiY a family member, 

i~.-retum, 1NOuld not t;OnStitute a contribution under the 

· ~~if~ra! EleCtion Campaign Act. · -

- '[he qong!I!S.man niaY aiso. tiave theAeposit paid directly 

. to,· his c!Jrrent corigr&Ssiona) · campaign committee, The 

· ~·~Uf!' of th~depositwoulci l;le reported! as a "miscellaneous 

receipt" rather than a contribution sin~ the return was not 

made, to- iOfluence. the Congressmari's __ Oomrnation or.elec-

. tiiin ,to Federal office .. The reporishould contain an explan' 

. atb.rit. tootno~ indicating the specifi~ cit ttie situation. Tai< 

. ramifications of this dej:Kjsit. tali out5ide the Commi5sion's 

jil~i$diction. (Length: 2 page's) · · 

Ao 1977-39: Payment of Legal fees . 

quarterly and preCelection: reports; _ . 

.. The threshold for iteinizirig eontribUtlons arid-expen

tures wool<! be raised from $100 to"$200: 

-· _ A_ can~ida.b! would n0 longer be _r~uired to have a R<

cipal camPaign comrnittei.-Candi~ates 6P.,niting withO

_a principal campaig~ ccimmitte'e-c¥/o!lld b!' reguired 

_ report as outlined aboye. · Candidates with . a pripcip

. campaig~ committee would. have . no. personal. 'rePorti

obligation. ··· · · · · · · "' · · · -· 

The threshold for reporting independent ex!l'in<litu

would be raised from $100 to $250; · · 

DEFINITioN or'coN'r1usur1oN AND EXPENDITUR

- LocaL andState party committees.:would be- allowed 

pay f0r campaign materials usedo in t;Onnection w

volunteer activities on behalf of_eandjdOtes without su

paymel'!ts being a contribution or exJl&ilditure; -· - . 

.. A non-Presidential , candidate: co.uld ·.list or mention 

Presidential can!Jidate in .campaign . materials.· -"ith

.· making a·coritrii:!U~ion or e)(!l<'nditure to-the President

campaign; provided the materials \('/ere initiate<! bY a

the purpose _is to promote the_ non-Presidential .can

d.ate._ . 

The exemption, from the definition of contfibution·a

expenditure, ·tor voluntary •use of.residential premis

vendor discounts, .. and IJnreimbursed- vo_lunteer .tra

expenses would be _increased from$500 to $1,0oo a

would . be_ extended to party cOmmittees ... viren 

candidates. · · · · 

•· The· exemption fo~ legal and accounting services wou

be extended to .an party' committees .• < . . ' . 

Funds contribUted to.and unreimbur.~d.e>;penditUres 

delegates would iiot be contributi!)ns or expenditu

. LIMITATIONS 

- ln·-order.fOr "a-~ommi~e to qua,ifY_.-.as a -,m_Uitican

·• date"· committee; con:tributions ot.$1;oo0 wouid l]ave 

be made to.· each of.fi.ve- candidates' .. (in addition··to t

other _curi-ent.·requiretrients). . · . .. , 

One political CO:mmittee·in each State, designated bY t

national committee of a political party, would be allo

ed to accept co~tributions and _make expenaitures·uh<

2 .l!.S,C.' §441a(d) on ~half- of the: party~s PJ:eSiderit

•. F•·fZ~~&!jfJ!~ ~,%t'~~fJ1bf'~:rJ: :Z;;!,:,.~ ~j~.~. p. . . _ .L. 

Kiinmitt, Secretary of the Senate, Ex Officio· Edmund 

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nominee; ·If no committee were so. design~ed, the State 

party committee could make such expenditures. · 

cORPOR~l'IONSAND LABO.R ORGANIZATIONS 

- The name· of a separate segregated fund would have to 

include the identity of its sponsor. . · 

- .. Approval by a corporation for trade association solici· 

tations would continue from year· to year unless revoked 

by the corporation. Several trade associations may solicit 

various ·separate· corporate divisions provided only one 

trade association solicitS a Single diVision. 

- Membership organizations, cooperati_ves, and corporations without capital stock would be allowed to solicit 

not only their members, but also individuals who are 

members of the member organizations. 

FEDERAL ELECTION.COMMISSION 

- The FEC would have to select persons who are to be 

8Udited in a random manner, exclusive of audits in 

· compliance matters. A candidate could not be audited . 

more th8n once a vear •. 

- Congressional review of Commission regulations would 

be reduced to 20 days. 

- Each candidate would ha¥e to file a statement as to 

whether he or she intends to spend personal funds in 

excess of $35,000. The FEC would be required to pass 

this information on to all other candidates in the same 

election. . . . . 

- The FEC would have an authorization of $250,000 to 

reimburse State officials for additional costs imposed on 

the Stirte'as a result of the filing requirements in the Act. 

The Governor of each State would be allowed to designate the appropriate person to receive reports; 

. ·.The proposed ·amendments summarized. above have been 

acted upon oniy by the Senate, and have not been signed 

into law. The House of Representatives has not yet acted 

on .similar legislation. The full text of the Senate bill was 

reprinted in the Congressional Record, August 3, 1977, 

p.S. 13424. 

NATIONAL RIGHT TO WORK COMMITTEE 

;v: VERNON W. THOMSON, et al. (Part Ill) 

PAULE, CHAMBERLAIN, et al. v. 

VERNON W. THOMSON; et al. (Part Ill) 

On July·21. 1977, the U.S. District Court for the. District of Columbia consolidated the two above-mentioned 

cases. The order stated that the cases " ..• involve common 

questions of law and that consolidation will reduce cost and 

delay." Both suits allege .that the FEC had failed to act on 

·complaints filed With the Commission against the NEA. 

(For summaries of the original complaints, see the June 

Record, p. 3.) 

After oral hearings in the consolidated cases, on August 31, 

1977, the Court denied the Commission's motion to dismiss the complaints and ·granted the plaintiffs summary 

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·judgment. The Court also ordered 'the Commission· to pr

ceed to a formal resolution of the complaints•·withiri 3

days. --: .' 

After considering the context of this ease,the·Couit agre

with the plaintiffs' argument that the 90-day time-peri

established by law must serve ·as a time limit for the form

resolution of complaintS: The .. Federal Election Cam.pili

Act (2 u.s.c. §437g(a)(9HAihlloiNs an "aggrieved part

to file suit against the FEC in distriCt court if the Comm

sion "fails to act" on a complaint· within 90 days of 

filing. The Court· stated that .otherWise "; .. the Climpla

process woulcl be subverted through indefinite delays.'' a

plaintiffs will be left "; .. without any way of knowi

whether any action at all has been taken on their ·co

plaints." 

The Court also stated that the delay by the CommisSi

was unnecessary since the 'Commission's regulations speci

cally prohibit the ·acts cited in the complaints. · 

The Commission now has thirty days in which to bri

about a formal resolution of the complaints: dismiss

· entry into a -concUiation agreement or 'lrlstitutiorl Of_

formal enforcement action. If formal resolution is n

pdssible,. the plaintiffs may file in their own names f

civil action to seek a remedy for their original complain

NEW REPORTS AVAILABLE 

The FEC Clearinghouse announces' the. completion. 

several new project repOrts dealing _Witt- · etectiorl _taW

voting equipment and the reduction of voter wajtingthi

·at the polls. A brief summary of ea~h .of the reports is 

cluded below. Copies of the reports may be obtained 'b

forwarding the appropriate remittance, aceompanied by t

report number to NTIS, U.S. Department of Commerc

Springfield, Virginia 22161. · 

ELECTION LAW SU.RVEY 

The first project is the mid-year update of the Comrn

sion's Election Law Survey. Published four times a yea

the Survey includes synopses of all State election law

Federal and State election cases decided· since .. Janua,.Y 

1977, and brief descriptions of aU Federal election bi

introduced in Congress since the .first .of the year. A com

prehensive index of the material is also included. (Electi

Law Survey, Report No. NTfSUB/Ci041-002, Price: $9.0

VOTING EQUIPMENT 

The second project, contained in three separate repor

details comprehensive information on ·available_ voti

systems and on the State laws which regulate the procur

ment and use of these systems: 

1. Voting Equipment Descriptions provides detailed de

criptions of· the ten currently availa}lle votir)g system

and five experiment81 voting systems, including inform

tion on eaCh manufacturer of voting equipment and ea

· device manufactured. Each device is described _in term

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includ~s a Stat~,bypertain. 

English with · 

· :infor_nlahow voting 

1 voting.systems,how 

· modified, who pur-

- voting systems,_ _ _ custody of.voting 

SystemS, trainiilQ proVisi"ons, and pr¢:paration and testing 

·procedures for_ voting systems. (State Voting Equipment 

,.,Legislation, Report No. PB27072SAS; Price: $10.75) • • - ~-o• - - • - - ~ ' 

-:i. Legislative Drafting· Guidelines is a ~eport designed for 

State legislators .interested in making changes or im-

' ~ ,proirern~nts in· their State's voting ~quipment laws. The 

_- ·.-. gi.l_idelines Jnclude i_nformation on~ laws pertaining to 

,computer ,applications to the voti~g process; the need 

~ for Stat~ l~islatC)~ to corisult withf all parties who may 

_ .• b~-.a_ffilcted_.by the ,changes (i.e., lo¢al election adminis- . 

:tr:at!'fS) ao'td .a reco111mendation t~at election laws be 

written in clear and simple language. (Legislative Draft· 

• ing"Giiidelines;·Rep\lit-- No:·PB270729AS, Piicei $3.50) • --.. ._- .- - - . - I - -. 

___ (A~t cifall thr~of th~ above rep~rubn voting equipment 

' _~)Jay tie ordered: Report No. PB2707:i6AS, Price: $20;00) 

VOTERWAITING TIME .- ' . . _· . . -

l:_he_ thjrd projectis designed to help local elections offi-. 

c!a!S. (~due~ voter waiting time at the polls by applying the 

· - te<:hllo10gy used :by airport and' barik managers to the 

voting "Jiroces~. By completing the n~cessary worksheets 

· prpvided in- the _report, the election •.official can select a .. - -- : -._. . - -_, : :·· - - I - --

lever o(.voteuervice (havin,g.a .certain ;percentage of voters 

. vote. ,..Yithin ~ certain period of tfmeliand tell tiow many 

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION -.--- .1325 KSTREET, NW ·_ 

WASHINGTON, i:)C 20463 

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CODE OF FEDERAL~E~ULAfiONS . TM Office Of the Federal Register•teceritly published 

update of Title 11" of the Code of Federal __ R~ulatio

Federal Elections. The publication iru:iludes all current' re

lations issued by the Federal 'Election Commission as w

as an index of Parts 100-1'15--of the· FEC regulations.

addition regulations concerning Fed_eral elections issued 

the ·civil' Aeronautics Board, Federal· Communications Co

mission and Interstate Commerce Commission a're includ

The volume is not available from the Federal ElectioncCo

rnission. Copies may be obtained for $2:30 from the Sup

. intendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Off

Washington, D.C. 20402. 

. FEC docomerits of _general applicability are publis

regularly in tli( F~derai"RegiSter. The following·Jist idE

fies all FEC docurilents'appearing in· the_ Federal· Regi

between Auglist'23,1977 and September-15, 19Ti~ · 

Federal_ Register 

Notice Title Publication D~te Citatio

1977-4_6 AOR 1977-40 8/30/77 42 FR43

1977-47 AOR 1977-41 9/14/77 42 FR 46

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