Since June 1995, a combined total of 153 Whistleblower and non-Whistleblower complaints have been filed with the Commission. Campaign finance program. Pre-Election filing for the December 12 election. Campaign finance data was posted timely to the web site. Staff has notified that committee by phone and letter and has received assurances that the report will be delivered by December 6, 2000.
Staff continues to log in the filings and to assess fines on late-filed statements.
Staff is also reviewing all campaign statements filed, requesting amendments where appropriate, and responding to the many inquiries from filers and the press. No Form 461's were received, which is not unusual since most independent expenditures have historically been reported on the Form 465. The Commission has notified seven committees with the largest outstanding fines of the Commission's intent to bring small claims court actions to collect in the event those fines are not paid promptly. Staff is now calling each of the committees to obtain payment. On November 16, Commission staff conducted a public demonstration at the offices of DTIS on how to search electronic campaign data posted to the Commission's web site.