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October 2000 Federal Election Commission Volume 26, Number 10 October 2000 Federal Election Commission Volume 26, Number 10 Table of Contents Reports Compliance Reports Compliance 1 On-line 48-Hour Notices Available for the General Election On-line 48-Hour Notices FEC Implements 1 Web Access to Senate Candidates’ Available for the General Administrative Fines Program Campaign Finance Reports Election As part of its new Administrative In order to reduce the number of Fines Program, the Federal Election Compliance faxed, mailed and hand-delivered Commission sent notices to commit- 1 FEC Implements Administrative tees that failed to file their July Fines Program 48-Hour Notices (Form 6), a Web- 9 Nonfilers based filing system is being devel- Quarterly Report, or filed this report oped to enable filers to create and late, informing them that the Com- 2 Advisory Opinions submit their 48-Hour Notices mission had found reason to believe entirely on line. Even committees they had violated the Federal Court Cases that do not currently file electroni- Election Campaign Act. Civil 6 On Appeal? cally and those that use software money penalties, ranging from $125 that does not allow for the creation to $12,000, were included in the Public Funding of Form 6 will be able to use the on- “Reason to Believe” notices. 6 Public Funding for Gore- line filing system to file their 48- Committees had 40 days to either Lieberman Hour Notices electronically. 6 Public Funding for Buchanan- (continued on page 2) Foster This Web-based filing system is 7 August Matching Fund Payments different from the current electronic filing system, which allows commit- Web Access to Election Administration tees to file Form 6 through the file Senate Candidates’ 8 Revised National Mail Voter upload process built into electronic Campaign Finance Registration filing software packages. Under Reports those software systems, the transac- Senate campaign finance reports Outreach tions are keyed into the software, are now available to the public on 8 FEC Roundtables and the data reside on the local or 8 Public Appearances the FEC Web site. All Senate network drive. By contrast, the new reports received after May 15, Browser-based version allows filers Statistics 2000, are currently accessible on 9 Midyear PAC Count Shows Slight to log onto the FEC filing Web site the site, and the FEC will make Decrease from December 1999 and enter the transactions directly. future reports available within 48 hours of receiving them. To view these reports, go to www.fec.gov, click on “Campaign Finance Reports and Data,” and then select “View (continued on page 2) Financial Reports.” Federal Election Commission RECORD October 2000 Reports Compliance (continued from page 1) (continued from page 1) Advisory With this new system, the informa- pay the penalties or submit written Opinions tion is stored in local memory until responses challenging the alleged the committee treasurer presses the violations or the amount of the “submit” button, thereby sending penalties. AO 2000-16 the report to the FEC. The July Quarterly Report was Placing Political The FEC will soon be sending, by the first report handled under the Advertisements on Internet mail, electronic filing passwords new Administrative Fines program, for Academic Study (PIN numbers) to treasurers for and the number of late filers Third Millennium: Advocates for House and Presidential campaign dropped significantly. While 30 the Future, Inc., (Third Millennium) committees that are running in the percent of filers were late for the may place advertisements for General Election1 but do not yet April quarterly filing, only 18 Presidential candidates on the have PIN numbers. With this PIN percent of filers were late for the Internet to study their effects on number, treasurers will have the July quarterly filing. voter participation among young option to log into the FEC Web site For more information on the adults. and fill out and submit a 48-Hour Administrative Fines Program, see Third Millennium—a nonprofit notice electronically. (Paper notices the May Record, page 1, and the corporation that encourages younger will also be accepted.) July Record, page 1. Information is Americans to participate in the For more information, visit the also available at the FEC’s Web site electoral and legislative process— FEC Web site at www.fec.gov and at www.fec.gov. proposes to study the effect of click on the Electronic Filing logo.✦ Free copies of the final rules as Internet advertising on young they appeared in the Federal voters. To this end, it has retained Register (65 FR 31787, May 19, the services of Juno, an established 1 Senate committees file with the 2000) are available through the Internet service provider that offers Secretary of the Senate and cannot FEC’s Faxline (202/501-3413, free Internet access to subscribers participate in electronic filing. They document 247) and on the FEC’s who agree to provide demographic must continue to file 48-hour notices on Web site at http://www.fec.gov/pdf/ information to Juno and to view on- paper with the Secretary of the Senate. 00%20Administrative%20Fines line advertisements. Using Juno’s %20E&J.pdf.✦ demographic data, Third Millen- Federal Election Commission nium intends to randomly select (continued on page 9) 999 E Street, NW subscribers to view advertisements Washington, DC 20463 supporting one or all of the current, 800/424-9530 Do You Need ballot-qualified Presidential candi- 202/694-1100 Copies of dates, and then measure these 202/501-3413 (FEC Faxline) Campaign Guides? subscribers’ voting patterns through 202/219-3336 (TDD for the a post-election survey.1 hearing impaired) The FEC publishes four Third Millennium will either use 800/877-8339 (FIRS) Campaign Guides—each for a the content and design of advertise- Darryl R. Wold, Chairman different type of committee— ments created by each Presidential Danny L. McDonald, that explain the Federal campaign or create its own adver- Vice Chairman Election Campaign Act and tisements from available materials. David M. Mason, Commissioner Commission regulations and In doing so, Third Millennium Karl J. Sandstrom, Commissioner will treat each candidate equally as their practical application to Bradley Smith, Commissioner it obtains or develops the ads, giving Scott E. Thomas, Commissioner your committee. These guides none a qualitative or quantitative are available free of charge. James A. Pehrkon, Staff Director Lawrence M. Noble, General If you would like to receive Counsel copies of any of the guides, please fill out and mail the Published by the Information 1 order form on the inside of the The range of candidates for whom ads Division will be shown will include all the Louise D. Wides, Director back cover of this issue of the general election presidential candidates Amy L. Kort, Editor Record (see page 11). who appear on enough state ballots to http://www.fec.gov win an Electronic College majority. 2 October 2000 Federal Election Commission RECORD advantage. It will not pay the • The submission of petitions payment periods ended on either the campaigns for materials provided, seeking ballot access for either Mr. date of their nomination by the last and it reserves the right to reject Nader (as an independent) or the state party to make its nomination or material that mentions or alludes to state Green Party in states where the last date of the last major party another candidate. Third Millen- neither the Party nor its state Presidential nomination convention, nium will present the study’s results affiliate had previously attained whichever date was earlier. 3 In at a cross-disciplinary conference it ballot access for its candidates. In these cases, the Commission found will host in December 2000. 30 of these states, the petition that neither the Matching Act nor The Commission found Third process was not complete until Commission regulations require that Millennium’s proposal permissible after the ASGP convention and, in the matching payment period for under the Federal Election Cam- six states, the deadline fell after the one non-major party Presidential paign Act and Commission regula- Presidential convention held by the candidate be shorter than that for tions. Individual Commissioners Democratic National Convention another such candidate solely explained their reasons for voting to on August 14-17, 2000. because one was seeking a national approve this opinion in separate • His convention nomination by the party nomination by national concurring statements. South Carolina United Citizen’s convention and the other was Date issued: August 28, 2000; Party (UCP) on August 12, 2000. seeking nomination by several state Length: 5 pages.✦ political parties. Under the Matching Act2 and In Mr. Nader’s case, the Commis- Commission regulations, the term sion found that his matching pay- “matching payment period” means AO 2000-18 ment period would end August 12, the period beginning at the start of Closing Date of Matching 2000, the date he received the the calendar year in which a Presi- nomination of the UCP, which Fund Period for Nader 2000 dential general election is held and predated the close of the Democratic The primary matching fund ending on the date the national National Convention (the last payment period for Ralph Nader’s convention of the candidate’s party national convention held by a major primary campaign committee, the nominates its Presidential candidate. Nader 2000 Primary Committee, In the case of a party that does not party). Inc. (the Committee), ended August Date Issued: August 11, 2000; nominate its Presidential candidate ✦ 12, 2000, which was the day he by national convention, the match- Length: 4 pages. received the South Carolina United ing payment period ends on the date Citizen’s Party’s (UCP) Presidential the party nominates its Presidential nomination. candidate or on the last day of the Mr.
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