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Volume 4, Number 8 

INFORMATION 

Under this heading, the Record periodically summarizes 

new developments of general interest to candidates for 

Federal office and committees which support such 

candidates. 

NOTICES ON POLITICAL BROADCAST 

COMMUNICATIONS 

The Federal Election Campaign Act and the 

Commission's regulations require that communications, 

made through public political advertising, which advocate 

the election or defeat of a clearly identified candidate 

must contain a notice stating that the communication is 

authorized by a particular candidate or that it is not 

authorized by any candidate. Public political advertising 

includes "any broadcasting st ation, newspaper, magazine, 

outdoor advertising facility, direct mai ling." (Emphasis 

added.) 2 U.S.C. §441dand 11 CFR 110.11 . 

The Federal Election Commission (FEC) and the Federal 

Communications Commission (FCC) recently issued a Joint 

Public Notice which details examples of notices which may 

be used on broadcast communications in order to comply 

with FEC requirements for authorization (or nonauthorization) notices. (Broadcast l icencees may use the examples in 

the Notice to comply with FCC rules concerning sponsorship identification.) 

This Joint Public Notice supplements a previou 

Notice on authorization statements published m 

Federal Register on October 18, 1978, p. 45954. Both 

Notices are available from the FEC in the Office of Public 

Communications. 

The Joint Public Notice lists the following examples of 

notices which may be used to comply with both FEC and 

FCC regulations in the three specific situations described: 

1. A broadcast communication which is authorized and 

financed (or furnished) by the candidate or the candidate's authorized committee: 

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-- Paid for by [Name of candidate or committee]; or 

-- Paid for and authorized by [Name of candidate 

committee) ; or 

-- Sponsored by [Name of candidate or committee

or 

-- (Where appropriate) Furnished by [Name of cand

date or committee]. 

Note: When a candidate or his/her committee is payin

for or furnishing broadcast matter, authorization by th

candidate is assumed and need not be specifically state

2. A broadcast communication which is authorized by th

candidate or candidate's authorized committee b

financed (or furnished) by a third party: 

-- Paid for by [Name of third party] and authorized b

[Name of candidate or committee] ; or 

-- Sponsored by (Name of third party] and authoriz

by (Name of candidate or committee] ; or 

-- (Where appropriate) Furnished by [Name of thi

party] and authorized by [Name of candidate 

committee] . 

3. A broadcast communication which is financed by a thi

party and not authorized by any candidate or any can

date's authori zed committee: 

-- Paid for by [Name of sponsor/payor] and not autho

ized by any candidate ; or 

-- Sponsored by [Name of sponsor/ payor] and n

authorized by any candidate; or 

-- (Where appropriate) Furnished by [Name of pers

or group furnishing broadcast] and not authorized 

any candidate. 

Note: If the third party in the above examples is a po

tical committee, the name of any connected organiz

tion must be included in the notice. 

For a summary of the requirements for notices on pol itic

communications other than broadcast, and an addition

notice required on any solicitation for contributions by 

political committee, see the May 1978 issue of the Reco

p. 4. See also 2 U.S.C. § §435(b) and 441d; 11 CF

110.11. 
REGULATIONS 

HEARING or~ PUBLIC FINANCING 

REGULATIONS 

On June 20, 1978, the Commission held a pub I ic hearing 

on suggested revisions to F EC procedures and regulations 

governing the public financing of Presidential elections. The 

Commiss1on requested comments and suggestions to 

simplify and clarify its current regulations on national 

party convention financing, primary election matching 

funds, and general election public funding. 

With Chairman Joan Aikens presiding, the Commissioners 

heard testimony from seven witnesses, including representa· 

tives of 1976 Presidential campaigns which received pub I ic 

funds, a national party committee and other interested persons. Comments ranged from detailed suggestions for 

bookkeeping requirements to general policy questions 

concerning participation by political parties in connection 

with Presidential campaigns receiving public funds. 

In addition to hearing oral testimony, the Commission 

received five written comments. Al l comments and 

testimony are available to the public in the Commission's 

Office of Public Records. 

OPINIONS 

PENDING ADVISORY OPINION REQUESTS 

The following chart lists pending Advisory Opinion Requests (AOR's), with a brief description of the subject 

matter, the date the requests were made pub I ic and the 

number of pages of each request. The full text of each AOR 

is available to the pub I ic in the Commission's Office of 

Public Records. 

Dat e Made Number of 

AOR Subject Public Pages 

1978-34 Use of corporate 6116/78 

or noncorporate 

phone bank by 

campa1gn committee. 

1978-35 Use of private trust 6116178 2 

fund for retirement 

of campaign debts. 

1978-36 Participation of 6116178 

separate segregated 

fund in activity 

Date Made Numbe

AOR Subject Public Pages 

other than the support of Federal 

candidates. 

1978-37 Use of surplus funds 6123178 

to ret1re prior campaign debt or to support candidacy for 

State office. 

1978-38 Solicitation not1ce 6128178 

envelopes. 

1978-39 Affi liation of sepa- 6129/78 

rate segregated funds. 

1978-40 Loans for candidate's 6129178 

personal expenses. 

1978-41 Contribution limita· 716178 

tions for indiv1duals. 

1978-42 Sol ici tations by poli- 718178 3 

tical action committee. 

1978-43 Use of surplus cam- 7/11/78 

paign funds. 

ADVISORY OPINIONS: SUMMARIES 

Designated as AO's, Advisory Opinions discuss 

application of the Act or Commission regulations 

specific factual situations. Any qualified person reque

an Advisory Opinion who in good faith acts in accorda

with the opinion wil l not be subject to any sanctions u

the Act. The opinion may also be rei ied on by any o

person involved in a specific transaction which 

indistinguishable in all material aspects from the act

discussed in the Advisory Opinion. Those seeking guida

for their own activity should consult the full text o

Advisory Opinion and not rely only on the summary g

here. 

AO 1977-67: Sol icitation of " Members" 

The Public Service Research Council (PSRC) and 

political action committee (PAPAC) may solicit co

butions from certain persons PSRC claims as its mem

if they satisfy four conditions defined by PSRC and 

additional criteria established by the Commission. U

the conditions defined by PSRC, the member must h

-- Expressed "a specific and unambiguous desire to 

come, or join as, a member of PSRC" by writin

PSRC or returning a card expressing that de

-- Been given the right to participate in a member

survey at least once a year; 

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-- Paid dues or contributions to PSRC on a regular basis; 

and 

-- Renewed membership status in PSRC at periodic intervals. 

The opinion concluded that these four conditions are 

"sufficient indicia of a membership relationship" to permit 

solicitation by PSPAC provided two additional conditions 

are met: 

1. Dues or contributions must be set at a predetermined 

amount; and 

2. Any waiver of dues or contributions must be made in 

accordance with predetermined criteria. 

The opinion does not address the possibility of soliciting 

other persons also considered by PSRC to be members 

(but who do not meet all of the above criteria); nor does 

the opinion address the issue of membership status for any 

person whose dues or contributions have been waived. 

Commissioners Thomas E. Harris and Neil Staebler jointly 

filed a dissenting opinion. Chairman Joan D. Aikens filed 

a concurring opinion. (Length, including the dissenting and 

concurnng opinions, 16 pages) 

AO 1978-13: Payment of Expenses in Connection 

With Separate Segregated Fund 

Corporate members of the Aluminum Association (the 

Association) may not pay the travel expenses of five representatives of member corporations who traveled to Washington, D.C. to formally organize and establish the 

Association's separate segregated fund (AAPAC). Such 

expenses would constitute "establishment" and "admini· 

stration" costs which must be paid by the Association. 

Any payment by a member corporation would constitute 

a prohibited corporate contribution to AAPAC. 

However, when other AAPAC meetings, occurring after the 

initial organization meeting, coincide with regu lar Association meetings, and the costs incurred in connection with 

the AAPAC meeting are incidental to the expenses of 

attending the Association meeting, the member corporations may pay those incidental expenses without being 

considered to have made a prohibited contribution. These 

incidental expenses include the travel expenses of the 

corporate-member representatives attending both the 

Association and AAPAC meetings. (Length: 3 pages) 

AO 1978-25 (Part B) : Conventions as Elections 

Neither the Colorado nor Minnesota political party convention is considered a separate election for purposes of 

the Federal Election Campaign Act. Under the Act, a 

convention is considered a separate election (from the 

primary and general) only if it "has the authority to select a 

nominee . .. . " Under Colorado and Minnesota State law, 

pol itical party conventions do not have this authority. 

Rather, their authority is limited to designating or 

endorsing party candidates to run in the party primary. 

Therefore, candidates participating in the conventions do 

not have a separate contribution limitation with respect to 

the convention. 

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A summary of Part A of AO 1978-25 was published 

the July 1978 issue of the Record, page 3. (Leng

3 pages) 

AO 1978-26: Stockholder Solicitation 

Through Conduits 

Citicorp's separate segregated fund, Citicorp Employe

Voluntary Political Fund (the Fund), may deliver solici

tion materials to stockholders through conduits (e

brokers, dealers, banks or other nominees) who hold sto

for the beneficial owners provided: 

·- Any solicitation by the Fund is intended exclusiv

for and speaks only to those persons fal ling within t

definition of "stockholder" in the Commission's regu

tions (11 CFR 114.1(h));and 

-- The stockholders would otherwise be qualified to ma

contributions under the Act. (Length: 2 pages) 

AO 1978-27: Executive and Administrative 

Personnel 

The Morrison Political Action Committee (MPAC) m

solicit voluntary contributions from certain unit manag

of Morrison Incorporated (its connected organization) a

its subsidiaries. These uni t managers may be solicited 

executive and administrative personnel because of th

authority and functions within Morrison Incorporated. F

example, they: 

-- Are paid on a salaried rather than hourly basis a

receive a bonus based on the performance of their un

-- Have management and supervisory authority over a s

stantial number of employees including compl

control of hiring, firing, discipline and promoti

-- Have independent authority to implement the polic

and directives of Morrison Incorporated and discreti

ary authority over day-to-day operations; 

-- Function as a unit manager on a continuing basis and 

eligible for promotion to higher level supervisory po

tions. (Length: 4 pages) 

AO 1978-29: Requirements of 

Authorized Committee 

A nonprincipal campaign committee authorized by C

gressman Ted Weiss (the Committee) which does 

anticipate receiving contributions or making expenditu

in excess of $1,000 during a calendar year would not b

"political committee" as defined in the Act. Co11gressm

Weiss would not have to fi le FEC Form 2a (on whic

candidate authorizes a "political committee" other tha

principal campaign committee). The Committee would 

have to register under the Federal Election Campaign A

nor would it be required to file reports of receipts a

expenditures with the principal campaign committee 

Congressman Weiss. 

However, because the Committee's act1v1t1es are to 

fluence the election of Congressman Weiss to Fed

office, ". . .all contributions received and expenditu

made [by the Committee) are regarded as received 

made by the authorizing candidate and his princ

campaign committee." Therefore, either the candidate 

his principal campaign committee would be responsible 

keeping the records and filing the reports required by 

Act on the Committee's activities. (Length: 3 pag
AO 1978-30: Utah Convention as El ection 

Edwin Firmage, candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives, may not receive contribut ions with respect to 

each of three separate elections in the State of Utah unless: 

1. Under Utah State law, he is one of two party nominees 

at the State party convention eligible to run in a sub· 

sequent primary election; and 

2. Mr. Firmage receives the greatest number of votes in the 

primary and is thus the party's nominee in the general 

election. 

In this case, an individual could contribute up to $1,000 

w ith respect to each of the three elections: the convention, 

the primary election and the general election. 

However, if Mr. Firmage is unopposed at the convention or 

he receives at least seventy percent of the vote at the convention and thus directly becomes the party's nominee for 

the general elec tion, only two contribution limitations 

would apply: one for the convention and one for the 

general election. 

This opinion supercedes AO 1975·54, which was published 

in the Federal Register on December 18, 1975 (40 F R 

58802). (Length : 3 pages) 

AO 1978-33: Statements on Advertising 

Robert S. Allen, candidat e for the U.S. House of Representatives, must include the required st atements of 

campaign authorization and report availability on newspaper advertisements which advocate the defeat of his 

opponent and solicit contri butions to Mr. Allen's campaign, 

regardl ess of how "terse or cryptic" the ads may be. 

2 U.S.C. §§435(b ) and 44 1(d). Because the ads appeared 

in a newspaper, which is one of the five specific methods of 

"general publ ic political advertisi ng" mentioned in the Act, 

the campaign authorization statement must appear. In 

addition, the notice on campaign report availabil ity must 

appear on " ... al l printed literature and advertisements 

sol iciting contri butions ... " regardless of si ze. (Length: 

3 pages) 

THE LAW 

IN THE COURTS 

FEC v. AFL-CIO 

On December 16, 1977, the Commission filed suit 

against the AF L-CIO seeking to enjoin the organi zation 

from transferring funds from its COPE Educati on Fund to 

its separate segregated fund (a political committee). The 

Commission argued that the transfer violated the provisions in the Act prohibiting contributions or expenditures 

from general treasury monies of a labor organization in 

connection with Federal elections. 

On June 16, 1978, the Court granted the Commission's 

motion for summary judgment in the case. The Court 

concluded that : 

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·· Past transfers from the AF L-CI 0 COPE Education 

to AFL-CIO's separate segregated fund were il legal; 

·· The AF L-CI 0 is enjoined from making any such t

fers in the future (except for a single return of f

previously transferred); 

·· The AFL-CIO must pay a civil penalty of $10

pursuant to 2 U.S.C. §437g(a) (7). 

LITIGATION STATUS INFORMATION 

The following is a list of new litigation involving 

Commission, together with the date the suit was filed

Court involved, the Docket Number and a brief descrip

of the major issue(s) involved in the case. Persons see

additional information on a particular case should con

the Court where the suit is f iled or the Federal Elec

Commission. 

The Spotlight v. FEC, U.S. District Court for the Distri

Columbia, Docket No. 78-0981 , May 31, 1978. 

Plaintiff alleges that the Commission's refusal 

to act properly on its complaint is contrary to 

law. 

FEC v. Eleanor Elias, U.S. District Court for the Ea

District of Pennsy lvania, Docket No. 78-1922, Jun

1978. 

The Commission alleges that Ms. Elias violated 

the Act by making illegal contribut ions, includ· 

ing contributions in excess of the I imitations 

and contributions in the name of another. 

FEC v. Northwest Jersey Tax Reform Immediately C

mittee, et al., U.S. District Court f or the District of 

Jersey, Docket No. 78-1311, June 15, 1978. 

The Commission alleges that defendent failed 

to include on certain published material therequired notice of nonauthorization, and fai led 

to report expenditures incurred in connection 

with the materi al. 

FEC PUBLIC APPEARANCES 

In keeping with its objective of making informatio

available to the pub I ic, the Federal Election Commis

sion regularly accepts invitat ions for its representa

tives to address public gatherings on the subject o

campaign finance laws and the Commission itsel

This regu lar column I ists scheduled Commissio

appearances, detailing the name of the sponsorin

organization, the location of the event and th

Commission's represen tative. 

8/ 11 -15 Clearinghouse Advisory Panel and Advisor

Boards Meetings 

Albuquerque, NM 
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Republican National Committee, et al. v. FEC, et al., U.S. 

District Court for the Southern District of New York, Docket No. 78 Civ 2783, June 16, 1978. 

Plaintiffs allege that the provisions of the Act 

imposing expenditure limitations on Presidential candidates receiving public funds in the 

general election are unconstitutional. 

FEC v. Citizens for Reagan, et al., U.S. District Court for 

the District of Columbia, Docket No. 78-1160, June 22, 

1978. 

The Commission alleges that Citizens for 

Reagan fai led to use best efforts to obtain and 

report required contributor information. 

COMPLIANCE 

FEC PUBLISHES NAMES OF NON FILERS 

The Commission is required by the Federal Election 

Campaign Act to publ ish the names of candidates and political committees who fail to file required reports of receipts 

and expenditures. In an election year, candidates and committees must file quarterly reports (April 10, July 10, 

October 1 0). pre- and post-election reports (primary and 

general) and a year-end report (January 31). (Under certain circumstances, if the candidate or committee has 

minimal financial activity, the quarterly reports and the 

year-end report may be exempted.) 

Political committees which make contributions or expenditures in more than one State may, upon request to and 

approval by the Commission, file monthly reports by the 

20th of each month. In November, December and January, 

in lieu of monthly reports, such committees must file the 

pre- and post-general election reports and a year-end report. 

Before publishing the name of a candidate or committee 

who has failed to file, the Commission sends them at least 

two notices. If, following the receipt of these notices, a 

candidate or committee continues not to ti le the required 

reports, the name of that "nonti ler" is made public. The 

following is a list of recent nonfiler actions taken by the 

Commission: 

Publication Report Not Number of 

Date Filed Nonfilers 

6/ 13/78 April 10 123 

(Quarterly) 

6/ 19/78 April 20 

(Monthly) 

6/ 19/78 Illinois 

(Post-Primary) 

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CLEARINGHOUSE 

STATE CAMPAIGN FINANCE 

PROJECT COMPLETED 

The Clearinghouse recently announced that i

survey of State campaign finance laws has been co

and is available for purchase. Previously issued 

volumes. the report (titled Campaign Finance 1978

being issued in one volume. 

The report, which is produced by the American La

sion of the Library of Congress, includes all State c

finance laws as of January 1, 1978. It is divided i

sections: 

Part 1: A series of five quick-reference charts high

State filing requirements, restrictions on 

butions (corporations, labor organizations, 

uals, etc.), political advertising requireme

government or tax financing provisions. E

vision includes appropriate State electio

citations. 

Part 2: A detailed State-by-State summary of each 

campaign f inancing provisions. Designed a

panion to the above charts, each summ

includes State code citations. 

To purchase a copy of the report, send $12.00 (c

money order) together with the report 

(PB279516AS) to: 

National Technical Information Services 

Sales Desk 

Department of Commerce 

5285 Port Royal Road 

Springfield, VA 22161 

FORMS 

Forms for candidates and committees to registe

report are available at any time by cont acting: 

Office of Public Communications 

Federal Election Commission 

1325 K Street, N .W. 

Washington. D.C. 20463 

Telephone: 202/523-4068 

Toll-Free: 800/424-9530 

Candidates and committees should use the re

form for reporting receipts and expenditures, wh

designated in the upper left hand corner as: 

Form 3 REVISED, January 1978. Candidates 

committees may make and use photocopie

standard F EC forms. 
Date Made 

AUDITS Audit Public 

15. Committee to Promote Jobs, Construe· 4/ 18/78 

tion and the Economy 

AUDITS RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC 16. Leonard Stubbs/Stubbs for Congress 5/ 1/78 The Federal Election Campaign Act requires the Com· Committee (OH/03) mission " ... to make from time to time audits and field 

investigations with respect to reports and statements filed 17. Henry Thorpe/Thorpe for Congress 5/ 1/78 

under the [Act) ." The Commission is also required to con· Committee (NC/02) duct audits of all campaigns of Presidential candidates who 

received public funds. Once an audit is completed and an 18. Mike Robertson for Senator Committee 5/1/78 audit report is approved by the Commission, the report is 

made publ ic and is available in the Office of Public Record$ 19. Committee to Re-Elect Senator 5/ 1/78 and the Press Office. The fol lowing is a list of audits re· Edward M. Kennedy leased as of July 12, 1978, in chronological order. (Nota· 

tions in parenthesis indicate Congressional candidate's State 20. Matt Rinaldo/ Rinaldo for Congress 5/4/78 and district.) Committee (NJ/12) 

Date Made 21 . Ed Hogan/Committee for the Election 5/ 11/78 

Audit Public of Ed Hogan (CA/21) 

1. Republican Congressional Boosters Club 4/5/78 22. Bill Nichols/ Bill Nichols Campaign 5/ 11/78 

Fund (AL/03) 

2. Jim Martin/ Jim Martin Committee 4/ 5/78 

(NC/09) 23. L.H. Fountain/ Fountain for Congress 5/ 11/78 

Committee (NC/02) 

3. Bill Cotter/Committee to Re-Elect 4/5/78 

Congressman Bill Cotter (CT/01 ) 24. Republ ican Senate-House Dinner '76 5/ 11 /78 

Committee 

4. John W. Wydler/Citizens Committee 4/5/78 

for the Re-Election of John W. Wydler 25. Pat Ful linwider/Pat Fullinwider for 5/ 17/78 

(NY/05) Congress Committee (AZ/01) 

5. George Shipley/Shipley Campaign 4/5/78 26. Gary Payne/ Payne for Congress 5/22/ 78 

Committee (I L/22) Committee (OK/03) 

6. Harold Froehlich/Friends for Froehlich 4/5/78 27. John Eyster/Eyster for Congress 5/24/78 

Committee (WS/08) Committee (AL/05) 

7. Baltasar Quinones El ias/Aquadilla, 4/5/ 78 28. John Flynt/ Flynt Campaign Com- 5/24/78 

Puerto Rico mittee (GA/06) 

8. Democratic State Central Committee, 4/ 5/78 29. Newton L. Gingrich/Gingrich 5/24/78 

Maryland Campaign Fund (GA/06) 

9. Donald Fraser/ Friends of Fraser Volun· 4/ 13/78 30. Francis D. Brouillette/Brouillette 5/24/78 

teer Committee (MN/05) for Congress Committee (M 1/ 11 ) 

10. Richard Erdaii/ Erdall for Congress 4/ 13/78 31. James E. Eagan/Committee for a 5/24/78 

(MN/05) New Congress (NY /09) 

11 . Charles Whalen/Whalen for Congress 4/ 13/ 78 32. John Breckinridge/Citizens for 5/25/78 

Committee (OH/03) Breckinridge ( KY /06) 

12. Ted Risenhoover/ Risenhoover for 4/13/78 33. Wes Watkins/Watkins for Congress 5/26/78 

Congress Committee (OK/02) Committee/Wes Watkins for Con· 

gress Committee of Pittsburg 

13. National Republ ican Senatorial Com· 4/ 13/78 County (OK/03) 

mittee 

34. Marilyn Seals/Marilyn Seals Campaign 5/31/78 

14. Ci tizens for Reagan Committee 4/ 13/78 (CA/25) 

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Audit 

35. Claude Pepper/Claude Pepper Campaign Committee (FL/ 14) 

36. Evelio Estrella/Evelio Estrella Campaign 

Committee (FL/14) 

37. J.W. Adams/Adams for Congress 

Committee (GA/08) 

38. Bob Traxler/Bob Traxler for Congress/ 

Businessmen and Professionals for 

Traxl er/Saginaw Professional and 

Business Committee for Traxler/Traxler 

Congressional Breakfast Committee/ 

Bay Traxler Congressional Breakfast 

Committee (M 1/08) 

39. Lucien DiFazio/ DiFazio '76 for Congress Committee (CT/01) 

40. Philip E. Ruppe/Ruppe for Congress 

Committee (M 1/ 11) 

41 . E. L. Stewart, Jr./Stewart for Congress 

Committee (OK/02) 

42. Committee for Birch Bayh in '76 

43. Anthony A. McCord/Anthony A. 

McCord Campaign (KY/06) 

44. John Rhodes/Keep John Rhodes in 

Congress Committee/The Re-elect 

John Rhodes Committee/The Democrats for Rhodes (AZ/01 ) 

45. Arrangements Committee of the 

Republ ican National Committee for 

the 1976 Republican National Convention 

46. Missouri Republican Host Committee, 

Inc. 

47. Gerald L. Beasley, Jr./Beasley for Congress Committee (OK/03) 

PROCEDURES 

FEC RULES OF PROCEDURE 

Date Made 

Public 

6/5/78 

6/5/78 

6/7/78 

6/7/78 

6/9/78 

6/13/78 

6/ 15/78 

6/ 16/78 

6/20/ 78 

6/23/78 

7/ 10/78 

7/ 10/78 

7/ 12/78 

In its meeting of June 8, 1978, the Commission approved a document entitled Rules of Procedure of the 

Federal Election Commission. The Rules detail procedures 

for conducting Commission meetings including how often 

meetings shall be held, what constitutes a quorum, how 

business may be introduced, what types of motions may be 

introduced and so forth. 

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STATISTICS 

UPDATE OF MUL TICANDIDATE 

COMMITTEE INDEX 

The Commission publishes each month an upda

the Multicandidate Committee Index . For a summ

the contents of the Index, see the Record, February 

p. 4. The update is available on the last day of each m

Copies of the Index, the current update and any pa

dates are available through the Office of Public Rec

telephone 202/523-4181 or toll-free 800/424-9530. 

purchase price is 10 cents per page, payable in ad

REPORT ON CANDIDATE FILINGS 

IN SPRING PRIMARIES 

On July 2, 1978, the Commission released th e res

a study on pre-election financial disclosure repor

Federal primary candidates. The study included 861 

dates on the ballot in 21 States which held primaries 

March through June. Highlights of the report inc

·- Reports of 90 percent of the candidates were ava

to the public before the date of the election; 

-- Approximately 60 percent of the candidates (505) 

or their authorized committees) filed their report

timely manner; 

-- Another 31 percent of the candidates (271) (a

authori zed committees) filed their reports late, aft

f iling deadline, but did get the reports on the pub

cord before the date of the election; 

-- Finally, nine percent of the candidates (85) (and/o

authorized committees) were published by the Co

sion as "nonfilers" -- that is, they failed to file 

pre-election reports. 

STAFF 

NEW DEVELOPMENTS 

Two new staff developments have occurred 

Commission in recent months. The Adminis

Division was reorgani zed to reflect changing respons

as a result of undertaking the Commission's own 

function. The staff will also be responsible in th

future for the Commission's own accounting ac

Both responsibi lities were previously handl ed b

General Services Administration. 

A new Nontilers Branch was created within the R

Analysis Division to monitor compliance with the re

requirements of the Act and to implement the C

sion's nonfiler procedures. 
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