1325 K Street NW Washington DC 20463 Volume 10,Numbe

TABLE OF CONTENTS

COMPLIANCE

IONonfilers Published

COURT CASF.8

8 New Litigation

REPORTS

1 Reports Due in October

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

8 Primary Matching Fund Payments

8 General Election Funds to Republican

Ticket

4 ADVISORY OPINIONS

INFORMATION

4 State Offices Offer FEC Computerized

Data

PUBLICATIONS

1 New Publications Available

contin

10 FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICES

CLEARINGHOUSE

II Voting Standards Advisors Meet

II Updated Publications

OCTOBER REPORTING SCHHDULE

Different committees file reports at dif

ent times. To find out when your committe

required to file its reports, consult the chart 

page 2. Then, to determine the particular requ

ments for that report, consult the paragraphs 

page 3. Note that Congressional candidates ac

in years other than 1984 must file a semiann

report in January 1985.

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

The Commission will mail these materials

automatically to all PACs of labor and

corporate organizations (including trade

associations). Additional copies are available to anyone, free of charge. Contact the

Office of Public Communications, FEC,

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

20463; or call 202/523-4068 or, toll free,

800/424-9530.

NEW PUBLICATIONS FOR CORPORATIONS AND LABOR ORGANIZATIONS

During September, the Commission

published a new brochure for trade associations and updated editions of three other

publications for corporations and labor organizations. All four publications reflect

recent amendments to FEC Regulations.

o Trade Associations, an entirely new

brochure, details the special procedures a trade association must follow

when it solicits contributions to its

PAC from member corporations' soIicitable personnel.

o The Campaign Guide for Corporations

and Labor Organizations reflects

changes in the rules affecting political

ads, collecting agents (Le., organizations which raise funds for corporate

or labor PACs), partisan and nonpartisan communications and trade associations.

o The Corporate/Labor Communications

brochure, completely revised, gives

examples of various partisan communications and discusses specific

types of nonpartisan communications

which organizations may direct to the

general public.

o The Corporate/Labor Facilities brochure, slightly revised, explains under

what circumstances a corporation or

labor organization may allow its facilities to be used by volunteers for

federal election activities.

October 1984

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IFilers of pre-general election reports will also be required to file a post-general election report 

December.

21n lieu of an October monthly report, otherwise due in November, monthly filers must file 

pre-general election report. See pre-general election reporting schedule on p. 3.

3Authorized Presidential committees with activity of $100,000 or more that are not participati

in the general election may continue to file monthly reports, or file pre-and post-general electi

reports. See AD 1980-63.

4Authorized Presidential committees that are not active in 1984 elections may file on either 

monthly or quarterly reporting schedule. See 11 CFR 104.5(b)(2).

5All unauthorized committees (i.e., committees not authorized by candidates) are required to f

on either a monthly or quarterly basis in 1984.

6Required only if the unauthorized committee makes contributions or expenditures on behalf 

candidates in the general election which have not been previously disclosed. 

7Report required if aggregate costs for internal communications which expressly advocate t

election or defeat of (a) clearly identified candidate(s) in the "1984 general election have exceed

$2,000.

Report

Quarterly Pre-General-1/ September Monthly

Type of Filer (October 15) (October 25) (October 20)

1984 Congressional Candidates X

Active in Primaries Only

1984 Congressional Candidates X X

Active in the General Election

1984 Presidential Candidates/$IOO,OOO+.Y X X

1984 Presidential Candidates/Under $100,000 X

Active in Primaries Only

1984 Presidential Candidates/Under $100,000 X X

Active in the General Election

1980 Presidential Candidates!/ X

Unauthorized Committees/MonthlY'~/ xY X

Unauthorized Committees/QuarterlyY X X§./

Connected Organizations/Communications!! X X

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The Record is published by the Federal Election Commission, 1325 K Street, N.W., Washington,

D.C. 20463. Commissioners are: Lee Ann Elliott, Chairman; Thomas E. Harris, Vice Chairman;

Joan D. Aikens; Danny Lee McDonald; John Warren McGarry; Frank P. Reiche; William F.

Hildenbrand, Secretary of the Senate, Ex Officio; Benjamin J. Guthrie, Clerk of the House of

Representatives, Ex Officio. For more information, call 202/523-4068 or toll-free 800/424-9530.

FEDERAL ELECTION CONINIISSION \bIume 10, Numoo-

2. The principal campaign committees of Sen

candidates and committees supporting or o

posing only Senate candidates file with t

Secretary of the Senate, Senate Public R

cords, 119 D Street, N.E., Washington, D

20510. 11 CFR 104.4(c)(2) and 105.2.

3. All other committees, including the princip

campaign committees of Presidential can

dates, file with the Federal Election Co

mission, 1325 K Street, N.W., Washingto

D.C. 20463. 11 CFR 105.3 and 105.4.

Filing with State Governments

1. The principal campaign committees of Co

gressional candidates must file a copy 

every report and statement with the Sec

tary of State or the appropriate electi

official of the state in which the candid

seeks federal office. 11 CFR 108.3.

2. The principal campaign committees of Pre

dential candidates must file copies of repo

and statements with the Secretary of Sta

or the appropriate election official of t

state in which the committee makes ca

paign expenditures. These reports must co

tain all financial transactions which apply 

that state during the reporting period c

vered. 11 CFR 108.2.

3. Unauthorized committees making contrib

tions or expenditures in connection w

House and Senate races fHe in the state 

which the candidate seeks election. The la

requires a copy only of that portion of t

report applicable to the candidatets) bei

supported. Committees supporting Preside

tial candidates must file in the staters) 

which the Presidential committee and don

committee have their respective headqu

ters.

HOW TO OBTAIN MORE INFORMATION

During 1984, reporting forms and addition

information will be sent to registered comm

tees. Questions and requests for additional form

should be addressed to the Office of Public Co

munications, Federal Election Commission, 13

K Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20463; or c

202/523-4068 or toll free 800/424-9530.

Ctioter 1984

Monthly Report

The September monthly report must be filed

by October 20. It should cover all activity from

September 1 (or from the closing date of the last

report filed in 1984 or from the date of registration, '" whichever is later) through September 30.

In lieu of an October monthly report, otherwise

due in November, monthly filers must file a

pre-general election report, due by October 25.

(See schedule above.)

"'In the case of an authorized candidate committee, from the date candidate status is established. The committee must report all financial activity incurred by the candidate before

he/she authorized the committee. 11 CFR 101.3

(a) and 104.3(a) and (b). However, activity which

occurred before 1984 must be reported separately.

Pre-General mection Report

The pre-general election report is due October 25 and must cover activity through October

17. If sent by registered or certified mail, the

report must be postmarked no later than October

22.

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October Quarterly Report

Due by October 15, the report should cover

all activity from July 1 (or from the closing date

of the last report filed in 1984 or from the date of

registration, '" whichever is later) through September 30.

WHERE REPORTS ARE FILED

Committees must file all reports and state-

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ments simultaneously with the appropriate federal

and state officials. 11 CFR 108.5.

Filing with the Federal Govemment

1. The principal campaign committees of House

candidates and committees supporting or opposing only House candidates file with the

Clerk of the House, Office of Records and

Registration, 1036 Longworth House Office

BUilding, Washington, D.C. 20515. 11 CFR

104.4(c)(3) and 105.1.

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FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION VbIume 10, Numoo

Public media ads sponsored by t

exempt corporation in September 19

foreign national's funding of the a

(Date made public: August 16, 19

Length: 4 pages, plus 5-page supp

ment)

Ceillngts) on contributions to candid

running simultaneously in special el

tion and regular election for same Ho

seat. (Date made public: August 

1984; Length: 2 pages) 

Corporate officer's appreciation for 

cumbent featured on T.V. tape finan

by incumbent. (Date made pub

August 27, 1984; Length: I page)

1984-43

1984-42

1984-41

AOR SUbject

Washington Public Disclosure Commission

403 Evergreen Plaza

Olympia, WA 98504

206/753-1111

ADVISORY OPINION REQUESTS

The following chart lists recent requests 

advisory opinions (AORs). The full text of e

AOR is available to the public in the Comm

sion's Office of Public Records.

Office of the Secretary of State

State Capitol, Room 110

Atlanta, GA 30334

404/656-2871

Office of the Secretary of State

1701 McCormack Building

One Ashburton Place

Boston, MA 02108

617/727-2832

illinois State Board of Elections

201 North Wells Street, Suite 500

Chicago, IL 60606

312/793-6440

Office of the Secretary of State

State Social Services Building, Room 211

1575 Sherman Street

Denver, CO 80203

303/866-2021

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Office of the Secretary of State

107 South Broadway, Room 4001

Los Angeles, CA 90012

213/620-3104

Office of the Secretary of State

1230 J Street, Room 219

Sacramento, CA 95814

916/322-4880

STATE OFFICES OFFER

COMPUTERIZED ACCESS TO FEC DATA

A growing number of state campaign records

offices now have computer terminals with direct

access to FEC campaign finance data. These

terminals are linked, via a national telecommunications system, to an FEC computer. They offer

the press and the public immediate access to

three FEC computer indexes, which are updated

daily, containing information taken from federal

campaign finance reports.

Although state offices have always maintained

copies of reports filed by committees active in

federal elections in that state, the new computerized da ta enables researchers to pinpoint the

information they need and to avoid spending hours

copying information from reports.

For example, the local terminal can provide the

researcher with a printout for a committee registered with the FEC and the amounts the committee raised and spent within a given period.

Another printout gives information on PACs a~d

party committees, listing such items as a committee's spending for or against specific candidates.

If the researcher requested a printout on a specific candidate, the E Index provides information

on each campaign, ineludtng' data on PACs and

party committees that supported or opposed the

candidate.

In addition to providing computer access to FEC

indexes, the state offices maintain paper copies

of other Commission indexes and the FEC Reports

on Financial Activity, a series of campaign finance studies. For more information, see the

April 1984 Record, p.4.

Listed below are state offices which now provide

direct computer access to FEC campaign finance

information. Note that the information should be

obtained by contacting the state offices rather

than the FEC.
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1984-45 Service fees charged PAC by company

issuing credit cards used to make contributions to PAC. (Date made publics

September 5, 1984; Length: 1 page)

Volume 10, Nummr

The federal PAC must report each contributi

included in the transfer from the state PAC as 

contribution from the original contributor, to t

extent required by FEC Regulations. See II CF

102.6(b) and (c); 114.5. The federal PAC must a

ensure that contributions comply with the limi

prohibitions, solicitation procedures and other r

continu

tion had no effect on the size of the com missi

paid by the seller to Ms. Crowder. Moreover, t

purchaser had no rights or interests in the co

mission paid to the real estate agent. Rather, t

commission belonged exclusively to Ms. Crowd

who devised the contribution designation plan a

public relations gesture. (Date issued: August 

1984; Length: 2 pages)

State PAC Becomes Collecting Agent

Alternatively, the state PAC may becom

the federal PAC's collecting agent without tr

gering its status as a political committee und

the election law. See 11 CFR 102.6(b) and (c). 

act as the federal PAC's collecting agent, t

state PAC must obtain written authorizatio

from the contributors of the funds to be tran

ferred, which state their intent to contribute 

the federal PAC. If a contributor does not auth

rize the transfer of his/her contribution to t

federal PAC, the contribution must be refund

or remain in the state PAC's account.

AO 1984-31: Donations Transferred Prom

Corporation's State PAC

to its Federal PAC

Subject to the conditions below, the First Bank 

Trust Company (the Bank) may transfer fun

from an unregistered political committee it e

tablished in 1982 for state election activity (t

state PAC) to a political committee register

with the FEC, which the Bank established in 19

for federal election activity (the Federal PAC

The state PAC funds to be transferred to t

federal PAC consist of contributions (within t

Act's dollar limits) solicited from personnel w

were solicitable under the Act (i.e., board dire

tors and Bank officers who were either stoc

holders or executive and administrative perso

nel). The Bank may transfer the state PAC fun

to its federal PAC, provided it uses one of t

following procedures•

State PAC Becomes Political Committee

The state PAC may transfer funds directly 

the federal PAC. In this instance, the state PA

would become a political committee (i.e., a sep

rate segregated fund) and would have to regis

and report in compliance with 2 U.S.C. §43I

and 11 CFR 100.5. See also AOs 1982-46 a

1983-3.

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Subject

Ceiling(s) on contributions made by two

PACs to the same candidate prior to

merger of their corporate sponsors.

(Date made public: August 27, 1984;

Length: 1 page)

AOR

1984-44

AO 1984-21: Real Estate Agent's Fee

Designated to Candidate

by Purchaser

Studds for Congress Committee should record and

report a contribution from Dotte Crowder Real

Estate, a sole proprietorship, as a contribution

from Dotte Crowder, the company's owner, even

though: a) the contribution was drawn on her

firm's checking account and b) one of her clients

designated the recipient of the contribution. (To

build good will with her clients, Ms. Crowder

gives a portion of her com mission on a real estate

sale to an organization selected by the real estate

purchaser.) Since Ms. Crowder's firm is a sole

proprietorship-r--not a corporation--she may use a

check drawn on the firm's account.

Under FEC Regulations, a contribution made by

check or some other written instrument (e.g., a

money order) must be reported as a contribution

from the last person who signs the written instru-

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rnent delivered to the candidate or his/her campaign committee. 11 CFR 104.8(c). No evidence

exists to suggest that the contribution should be

attributed to the real estate purchaser who designated the contribution. The purchaser's designa1984-46 Funds transferred from candidate's 1984

state campaign to his 1982 federal campaign for debt retirement. (Date made

public: September 6, 1984; Length: 1

page)

ADVISORY OPINIONS: SUMMARIES

An Advisory Opinion (AO) issued by the Commission provides guidance with regard to the

specific situation described in the AOR. Any

qualified person who has requested an AO and

acts in accordance with the opinion will not be

subject to any sanctions under the Act. Other

persons may rely on the opinion if they are

involved in a specific activity which is indistin-

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guishable in all material aspects from the activity

discussed in the AO. Those seeking guidance for

their own activity, however, should consult the

full text of an AO and not rely only on the

summary given here.
FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

Any 1983 or 1984 contributions designated by 

donor for Mr. Pease's 1984 general election ca

paign must, however, be excluded from the 1

primary campaign's total assets. (Date issu

August 17, 1984; Length: 4 pages)

Undesignated contributions made after 

Pease's 1982 general election campaign, 

before his 1984 primary campaign, includ

those which the campaign attributed to 

1984 general election on its reports.

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AO 1984-36: Solicitations by Corporate

Partner of Joint Venture

American Health Capital (AHC), a New Y

corporation, may not solicit contributions to 

separate segregated fund, the American Hea

Capital PAC (AHC/PAC) from the sclicita

personnel (i.e., executive and administrative e

ployees and their families) of:

VHA Health Ventures, a joint venture pa

nership in which American Health Capit

wholly-owned SUbsidiary, AHC Ventures, In

owns 40 percent of the equity;

Voluntary Health Enterprises, Ine., a De

ware corporation in which VHA Health V

tures owns 100 percent of the class A sto

or

Any businesses by Voluntary Health Ent

prises, Inc.

Under FEe Regulations, American Health Cap

The Commission expressed no opinion on relev

tax provisions because they are not within 

jurisdiction. The agency noted, however, that 

Internal Revenue Code treats funds contribu

by one political committee to another as fu

"not diverted for the personal use of the can

date or any other person. II 26 U.S.C. §527

(Date issued: August 17; Length: 2 pages)

AO 1984-34: Contributions by candidate

and His campaign Committee

to Same Recipient

Mr. Jim Gilmore, an unsuccessful candidate fo

Michigan House seat in 1980, may use his perso

funds to make contributions to the primary ca

paign of Ms. Jacqueline McGregor, a 1984 can

date, even though Mr. Gilmore's 1980 campa

committee used its excess funds to contribute 

maximum amount to both Ms. McGregor's prim

and general election campaigns (i.e., $1,000 

election). Under the FEC's current regulatio

contributions by a campaign committee do 

count as personal contributions from the can

date who authorized the committee. Conseque

ly, Mr. Gilmore's contributions to the McGre

campaign are SUbject to separate limits and 

other relevant requirements of the election law

2.

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Formula for calculating Primary Debts

To determine whether or not the primary

campaign had net outstanding debts on the day it

received the UAW V CAP contribution, the campaign should subtract its total primary debts and

obligations from its total assets (cash on hand plus

receivables available to pay primary debts and

obligations), as of the date the contribution was

made. (See AD 1975-53.) In calculating the total

debts and obligations attributable to the primary

campaign, the Pease campaign should include outstanding loans and any expenses incurred, but not

paid. To calculate its total assets, the Pease

campaign should include:

1. Funds carried over from the 1982 campaign

(For purposes of contribution limits, if the

1982 funds include contributions made after

the 1982 general election, the contributors

must aggregate them with any contributions

to Mr. Pease's 1984 primary campaign); and

AO 1984-32: Contribution Check Dated

Before But Received After

Candidate's Primary campaign

The United Auto Workers Voluntary Community

Action Program (UAW V CAP), the separate segregated fund of the United Auto Workers (UAW),

contributed to Mr. Don Pease's primary campaign,

the Don Pease for Congress Committee (the campaign), by a check dated April 19, 1984. However,

an agent of UAW V CAP did not deliver the check

to the Pease campaign until several weeks after

the May Bprimary. Mr. Pease's campaign received

the contribution on June 2, 1984. Under these

circumstances, since the contribution was designated in writing for Mr. Pease's primary campaign, it must be attributed to that campaign, but

only to the extent that the campaign had net

outstanding debts on the date the contribution

was made. In this case, "the date the contribution

was made" was the date it left the control of the

PAC agent and was received by the Committee -- June 2. 11 CFR 1l0.I(a)(2)(ii).

quirements of the election law and FEC Regulations. Any future solicitations that the state PAC

conducts for the federal PAC must also comply

with FEC Regulations governing collecting

agents. (Date issued: August 22, 1984; Length: 3

pages)

Alternatively, if the Pease campaign had no outstanding debts, it must either: 1) return the

contribution to UAW V CAP or 2) have UAW V

CAP redesignate the contribution for Mr. Pease's

general election campaign. (UAW V CAP may

redesignate only that portion of the contribution

which, when added to any other contributions the

PAC made to Mr. Pease's general election campaign, does not exceed $5,000.)
FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

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may only solicit the solicitable personnel of its

affiliated corporations, that is, companies which

the corporation owns, directs or controls. See II

CFR 100.5(g)(2)(ii) and 110.3(a)(I)(iii). The companies American Health Capital proposes to solicit are not sufficiently affiliated with it for

solicitation purposes. This determination is based

on the relationship between AHC Ventures, Inc.

(American Health Capital's wholly-owned subsidiary) and: I) VHA Health Ventures (the joint

partnership) and 2) Voluntary Health Enterprises,

Inc. and its controlled businesses. In each case,

AHC Ventures lacks sufficient authority or ownership to qualify as an affiliated organization.

VHA Health Ventures

American Health Capital may not solicit the

solicitable personnel of VHA Health Ventures because AHC Ventures, Inc. (its wholly-owned subsidiary) owns only 40 percent of the equity in VHA

Health Ventures. Thus, AHC Ventures does not

have a controlling ownership interest in the joint

venture partnership. Moreover, AHC Ventures

lacks the authority to direct the partnership: it

appoints only four members to the partnership's

nine-member board; and, although AHC Ventures,

Inc. is the managing partner in the joint venture,

it must obtain the board's consent to take certain

major actions and to vote the partnership's stock

in Voluntary Health Enterprises, Inc.

Vollmtary Health Enterprises, Inc.

and Companies

Nor may American Health Capital solicit the

solicitable personnel of Voluntary Health Enterprises, Inc. and several companies it controls

because AHC Ventures, Inc. does not have controlling ownership interests in VHA Health Ventures, the company that owns the stock in Voluntary Health Enterprises, Inc. Moreover, although

AHC Ventures, Inc. votes the stock VHA Health

Ventures owns in Voluntary Health Enterprises,

Inc. (i.e., 100 percent of the class A stock), the

company does so only at the direction of VHA

Health Venture's Board of Directors. (Date issued:

September 10, 1984; Length: 4 pages)

AO 1984-38: ceilings on Contributions Made

to Candidate Who Shifts Campaign

from House to Senate to House

Contributions made to Rep. Jim Oberstar's House

campaign, and subsequently transferred by the

campaign to Rep. Oberstar's Senate campaign

without the donor's written authorization, count

against the donor's limits for both the House and

Senate campaigns. However, any contribution

which a donor redesignated (in writing) for the

Senate campaign would count against the donor's

limit for the Senate campaign only.

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During 1984, while campaigning for reelection 

his House seat, Rep. Jim Oberstar decided to t

the waters for a potential Senate candidacy 

1984. Subsequently, he stopped campaigning 

the House and became a Senate candidate, 

later decided to end his Senate campaign 

reactivate his House campaign. During this p

od, he transferred funds from his first Ho

campaign (Oberstar for Congress Volunteer Co

mittee) to both his Senate exploratory commi

(the Oberstar for Senate Exploratory Commit

and his Senate campaign (Oberstar Senate '84)

this case, contributions transferred to 

Oberstar's Senate exploratory committee are c

sidered contributions to his Senate campaign 

cause Mr. Oberstar did, in fact, become a Sen

candidate. (Once an individual becomes a can

date, funds contributed for testing-the-wa

purposes become, retroactively, contributions 

the campaign. 11 CFR 100.7(b)(I); 100.8(b

101.3; 102.9; 104.3.)

Under the election law, if an individual campai

for more than one federal office, separate lim

apply to contributions made by a donor to e

election to each office. 2 U.S.C. §44Ia(a)(I) 

(2). Moreover, if a candidate campaigns fo

second office after ending the first candidacy

or she may transfer unlimited funds from 

campaign to the other, provided the funds tra

ferred do not cause the donor to exceed 

donor's contribution limits. See II CFR 1l0.1(

110.3(a)(2)(v)(B); IIO.8(d).

Under these circumstances, the contribution 

its applicable to three rnulticendidate polit

committees (PACs X, Y and Z) that had con

buted to Mr. Oberstar's first House campaign 

wished to make contributions to either his rea

vated House campaign or his inactive Se

campaign, would depend on:

The extent to which each PAC had alre

exhausted its $5,000 limit for either R

Oberstar's House primary campaign or his 

nate primary campaign;

Whether the PAC had made a written au

rization, redesignating its House camp

contribution to the Senate campaign; or

Whether the House campaign had transfe

the funds to Rep. Oberstar's Senate camp

without the PAC's written authorization.

Accordingly, contributions made by PACs X

and Z to either the reactivated House camp

or the inactive Senate campaign are subjec

the following dollar limits:

PAC X may not contribute to the reactiv

House campaign because the PAC alre

contributed $5,000 to the first House c

paign. Moreover, if its contribution to 

first House campaign was transferred to 

contin
FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

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NEW LmGATlQN

FEC v: Liberal party Federal Campaign

Committee

Failing to resolve a complaint through t

informal conciliation process mandated by the la

(2 U.S.C. §437g(a)(4)(A)(i», the FEC petitions t

court to:

Find that the Liberal Party Federal Cam

paign Committee (the Liberal Party COmm

tee) violated 2 U.S.C. §44Ia(a)(I)(A) 

making excessive contributions to the 19

National Unity Campaign for John B. Ande

son, Mr. Anderson's principal campaign com

mittee for his 1980 Presidential general ele

tion campaign;

FEC CERTIFIES GENERAL HLECTION

FUNDS TO REPUBLICAN TICKET

On August 27, 1984, the Commission a

proved payment of $40,400,000 in federal fun

for the general election campaign of Republic

Presidential nominee Ronald Reagan and his Vi

Presidential running rnate George Bush. 

$40,400,000 grant was previously certified to th

Democratic Presidential ticket on July 26, 1984.

President Reagan and Vice President Bush ha

requested funding in an August 22 letter to th

Commission. In that letter, the candidates agree

to abide by the overall spending limit, to use on

public funds for the campaign and to comply wi

other legal requirements.

By law, the Presidential nominee of each maj

party is entitled to full public financing of th

general election campaign ($20 million plus 

cost-of-living adjustment). Major party cand

dates accepting public financing for their gener

election campaigns are subject to a spending lim

of $40,400,000 (the amount of the grant). 

addition, the use of the nominees' personal fun

is limited to $50,000. Private funds, SUbject 

contribution limits and prohibitions, may be raise

and spent only for legal and accounting cos

incurred to ensure compliance with the Act.

As of August 27, the Commission had also cert

fied $16,160,000 to the two major political parti

for their nominating conventions. For curre

figures on primary matching fund certification

made to eligible candidates, see column I.

$ 930,278.11

1,882,149.86

3,079,913.09

4,567,154.18

821,599.85

2,534,876.07

186,312.52

488,396.96

595,036.79

7,832,220.39

10,100,000.00

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Askew, Reubin (D)

Cranston, Alan (D)

Glenn, John (D)

Hart, Gary (D)

Hollings, Ernest (D)

Jackson, Jesse CD)

Johnson, Sonia (cpU)

Laltouche, Lyndon (D)

McGovern, George (D)

Mondale, Walter (D)

Reagan, Ronald (R)

ther the Senate exploratory committee or to

the Senate campaign, the PAC may not contribute any more funds to help retire Rep.

Oberstar's Senate campaign debts.

PAC Y, which contributed $2,500 to Rep.

Oberstar's first House campaign, may contribute an additional $2,500 to his reactivated

House campaign.

PAC Z, which contributed $500 to the first

House campaign and $2,000 to the Senate

campaign, may contribute an additional

$4,500 to the reactivated House campaign.

(Date issued: August 22, 1984; Length: 5

pages)

PRIMARY MATCHING PAYMENT

CERTIFICATIONS

On September 20, 1984, the Commission

certified additional primary matching fund payments for four Presidential primary candidates,

bringing total funds certified to II Presidential

primary candidates to $33,011,997.82.

The summary chart below provides cumulative

information on certifications of primary matching

funds made between January 1 and September 20,

1984.

Name of Number of Total FuJldc;

Candidate Requests* Certified

Primary Matching Fund

Certification Activity

*Includes requests made after the candidate's

initial request for matching fW1d eligibility.

**Ms. JohnSon is seeking the Presidential

nominations of the Citizens Party, the California

Peace and Freedom Party and mrious third parties.

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Order the Liberal Party Committee to amend

its reports to reflect in-kind contributions of

$14,149 to the Anderson campaign;

Order the Liberal Party Committee to pay a

$5,000 civil penalty or 'an amount equal to

100 percent of any contributions or expenditures resulting from its violations; and

Enjoin the Liberal Party Committee (or any

of its agents or successors) from further

violations of the election law.

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of

New York, Docket No. 84 CIV. 5552, August 6,

1984.

Citizens for Percy '84 Y. FEC

Citizens for Percy '84, Senator Charles H.

Percy's principal campaign committee for his

1984 reelection campaign, asks the court to order

the FEC to act on an administrative complaint

which the Percy campaign had filed with the FEC

on April 26, 1984. See 2 U.S.C. §437g(a)(I 0). In

the complaint, the Percy campaign claimed that

media expenditures made by Michael Goland on

behalf of Rep. Thomas Corcoran, Senator Percy's

opponent in the illinois senate primary, were

coordinated with the Corcoran campaign. The

Percy campaign alleged that, since the expenditures were not independent, Mr. Goland had violated the election law by making excessive inkind contributions to the Corcoran campaign. See

2 U.S.C. §441a(a)(i)(A). Moreover, the Corcoran

campaign had violated the law by accepting the

contributions. See 2 U.S.C. §441a(f).

The Percy campaign therefore petitions the court

to:

Declare that the FEC's failure to act on the

administrative complaint within 120 days was

contrary to law (see 2 U.S.C. §437g(a)(8)(A»;

and

Issue an order directing the FEC to act on

the complaint within 30 days.

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia,

Docket No. 84-2653, August 29, 1984.

George T. McDonald v. FEe

Mr. McDonald, a 1984 candidate for a House

seat representing New York's 15th Congressional

district, seeks action against the FEC for dismissing an administrative complaint he had filed

on May 9, 1984. In the complaint, Mr. McDonald

claimed that Andrew Stein, a state official opposing him for the House seat, had used funds from

his 1981 campaign committee for state office

(Stein '8I) to finance his 1984 Congressional campaign (Stein for Congress '84). Specifically, Mr.

McDonald alleged that Mr. Stein had illegally used

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state campaign funds (consisting of corpo

contributions and unrepaid loans) to make me

expenditures for his Congressional candidacy.

On May 4, 1984, the respondent had submitte

request to the FEC for an investigation 

specific expenditures made by the 1981 st

campaign on behalf of Mr. Stein. The FEC t

merged the respondent's request (Le., a pre-MU

with Mr. McDonald's administrative complaint.

Mr. McDonald asks the court to declare that:

The FEC's dismissal of his administra

complaint was contrary to law;

The FEC's merger of his administrative c

plaint with the respondent's request lim

the scope of the FEC's investigation, res

ing in an arbitrary dismissal of Mr. 

Donald's complaint; and

The FEC must comply with these decl

tions within 30 days.

U.S. District Court for the District of Colum

Rose y. FEC

Congressman Charles E. Rose repetitions 

district court to issue an order requiring the F

to take action on his administrative compla

(Mr. Rose had originally filed the complaint w

the FEC in October 1982.) On February 22, 1

the court dismissed his first petition (ordering 

FEC to take action) because the FEC had f

subpoena enforcement actions with the dist

court for the Eastern District of North Caro

as part of its investigation into his compla

(For summaries of this suit, see p. 9 of the Au

1983 Record and p. 10 of the April 1984 Reeor

Claiming that the FEC has taken no subseq

action on his complaint, Mr. Rose has file

second petition with the D.C. district court. 

suant to 2 U.S.C. S437g(a)(8), he asks the court 

Declare that the FEC's continued failur

act on his administrative complaint is c

trary to law;

Issue an expedited order directing the FEC 

act on his complaint within 30 days; and

Retain jurisdiction over his petition in 

event the FEC faiIs to take action on 

complaint.

U.S. District Court for the District of Colum

Civil Action No. 84-2278, JUly 24, 1984.
CXiooor 1984 FEDERALElECTION COMMISSION

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FEC PUBLISHES NONFILERS

Between July and September 1984, as required by the election law, the Commission published the names of Presidential and Congressional campaigns that had failed to file required

reports of their campaign finance activity.

Presidential Nonrllers

On July 6, 1984, the Commission published

the names of four Presidential campaigns that had

failed to file their May monthly report, due June

20. On August 3, the FEC republished the names

of two of the campaigns. They had also failed to

file a June monthly report, due July 20. None of

the campaigns had qualified for federal matching

funds.

Congresnonal Monrders

Between July and September, the FEC published the names of 12 Congressional campaigns

that had failed to file reports, as follows:

Two Senate campaigns (one in Tennessee and

one in Alaska) that had failed to meet the

pre-primary report filing deadline for Congressional primaries held in those states.

A Connecticut House campaign that had failed to file the pre-convention report required

for the Connecticut Republican convention.* Seven House campaigns that had failed to file

pre-primary reports for Congressional primaries held in Alaska, Massachusetts,

Michigan, Missouri and New Hampshire.

Two Congressional campaigns (one in Alaska

and one in New York) that had failed to file

their July quarterly reports.

"In Connecticut, candidates are nominated

by party conventions, unless a candidate who

receives at least 20 percent of the convention's

endorsement challenges the convention ~inner to

.a primary.

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FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICES

The items below identify FEC documen

that appeared in the Federal Register on July 

through August 23, 1984. Copies of these notic

are available in the Public Records Office.

Notiee Title

1984-11 II CFR Parts 4 and 5: Public Recor

and the Freedom of Information A

Access to Public Disclosure Divisi

Documents; Amendment to Fee Pro

sions; Final Rule Transmitted to Co

gress (49 Fed. Reg. 30458, July 31, 198

1984-12 II CFR Parts 100 and 101: Paymen

Received for Testing-the-Waters Activ

ties; Notice of Proposed Rulernaking (

Fed. Reg. 30509, July 31, 1984)

1984-13 11 CFR Part 9008: Federal Financing 

Presidential Nominating Convention

Final Rule; Technical Amendments (

Fed. Reg. 30461, July 31, 1984)

1984-14 11 CFR Parts 9007 and 9038: Repa

ments by PUblicly Financed President

Candidates; Final Rule; Transmittal 

Congress (49 Fed. Reg. 33225, Augu

22, 1984)

1984-15 11 CFR Part 6: Enforcement of Nond

crimination on the Basis of Handicap 

FEC Programs; Final Rule; Transmit

to Congress (49 Fed. Reg. 33206, Augu

22, 1984)

1984-16 Filing Dates for Kentucky Special Ele

tion (49 Fed. Reg. 33491; August 2

1984)
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Political Committees

~egistered poli.tical committees are automatically sent the Record. Any change of address b

a registered committee must, by law, be made in writing as an amendment to FEC- Form 

(Statement of Organization) and filed with the Clerk of the House the Secretary of the Senate o

the FEC, as appropriate. ' ,

Other Subseribers

Record subscribers (who are not political committees), when calling or mailing in a change o

address, are asked to provide the following information:

1. Name of person to whom the Record is sent.

2. Old address.

3. New address.

4. SUbscription number. The SUbscription number is located in the upper left hand corner of th

mailing label. It consists of three letters and five numbers. Without this number there is n

guarantee that your subscription can be located on the computer. '

Volume 10, NumOO

Election Director 84 (order no. 052-0060

31-7 is available to the public through 

Government Printing Office at $2.25 per c

Cam ai n Finance Law 84 (order no. 052-0

00030-9 is available at 9.50 per copy. Write 

Superintendent of Documents, Government Pr

ing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402, making re

ence to the publication and its order number.

Campaign Finance Law 84 is an updated, com

hensive summary of state campaign finance la

In addition to summarizing individual state la

the publication includes comparative charts 

campaizn finance reportinz requirements; con

bution and solicitation limits; and states with 

cial tax and public financlng provisions.

UPDATED PUBLICATIONS POR

stATE AND LOCAL ELECTION OFFICIALS

Between July and September, 1984, the C

mission published updated editions of two publ

tions for state and local election officials. 

updated Election Directory 84 includes the na

address and telephone number of over 400 

federal, state and local election officials. In

mation in the Directory is current thro

September I, 1984.

OctoOOr' 1984 FEDERAL ELECTIOI\J COMrvllSSION

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During the two-day meeting, the Advisory Committee's sessions were open to the public. Attendees also viewed a display of voting equipment

and related services representing current voting

systems technology.

VOTING STANDARDS ADVISORS

HOLD FIRST MEETING

On September 20 and 21, 1984, the FEC's

Voting Systems Standards Advisory Committee

held its first meeting in Washington. On September 5, the Commission's contractor for the study

appointed 30 state and local election officials to

the Committee. The Committee will advise the

FEC and its contractor on a project to develop

voluntary standards for voting systems. The standards will help election officials and state legislators administer elections efficiently and cost

effectively.

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