From the Central Valley Independent super PAC:
We had a late 24 hour filing due to the fact that
the attorney that we hired to fill out these reports
did not advise us of the due dates and the requirements.
He was advised to fill out the first form and he did and
he was instructed to fill out the forms going forward.
Instead he told us about the due date after it had passed
The Operating Engineers Local 12 Voluntary Legislative Fund has “the best procedures” in place to prevent reporting mistakes. Or not:
The omission of the disbursement of $100,000.00
on 10/10/2012 that was inadvertently omitted
was due to human error.
We have the best procedures in place to prevent
and to find human errors. Once the error was found
the report was amended.
1 The new Stand With Rand PAC is trying to be helpful, I’m sure, with its statement of organization. But, as the instructions clearly state:
Update: This is a test.
Hey, FEC, the Electrical Contractors PAC is having trouble with a Form 1 filing today. So they filed a report saying so:
I am trying to file a amended Form 1 but I am getting an error message from the website. error Message: the agency is taking a long time to respond to your e-filing. Please check your email for a confirmation message. If you do not
receive this email from the governing agency within 15 minutes,
we recommend trying to e-file your report again. I have attempted several times. this Form 1 is due today. Electrical Contractor PAC C00113811
1 This note from the treasurer of Daniel Bongino’s 2012 Senate campaign seems a little odd.
The folks at the Tea Party.net Leadership Fund wrote to the FEC to say that it had found some “significant changes in the originally reported contribution amounts” of its Pre-General report filed last October. How significant? You know, just $124,571.52 more in receipts, a 416% increase over the originally reported amount. The amended filing is here.
Tim Kalemkarian, a once and future Senate candidate from California, has several committees. Sometimes it seems as if he can’t keep track of them.
Elouise Kennedy, treasurer of the Tarrant County (Texas) Republican Victory Fund, is new to the job:
I'm more than glad to file this form now that I am aware of it.
I apologize for the delay but we have left numerous messages
about this matter and was not given specific informantion until
on 3/11/2013 when Maureen directed our office to this misc
form 99 thank you Maureen
Having looked over past non federal years for filings it appears
that we filed semi-annually and would like to continue this for 2013 Maureen said that we have to file our February report Please accept our apology as I'm new as of 6/2012 Elouise Kennedy Treasurer
Meet Daryle L. Doden of Fort Wayne, Indiana. Last year, Doden spent $87,172.50 on newspaper ads in support of Richard Mourdock, a Republican candidate for Senate who lost to Rep. Joe Donnelly in the Hoosier State. Individuals are permitted to conduct unlimited independent expenditures, on the understanding that the money used to finance them belongs to the individual.
But when the FEC asked about the source of the funding, Doden told the agency to pound sand, using the same language that non-profit organizations employ when they do IEs: that no money was given for the express purpose of conducting IEs for or against a specific candidate. From Doden’s response:
11 CFR 109.10(e)(1)(vi) requires that independent expenditure reports identify each person who made a contribution in excess of $200 to the person filing such report, which contribution was made for the purpose of furthering the reported independent expenditure. I did not solicit or receive any contributions that were required to be reported under this regulation.
What this suggest is that someone, likely Doden, spent money on the newspaper ads supporting Mourdock, but that the money wasn’t intended for a specific race. So an Indiana resident likely spent his own money on an Indiana Senate candidate (and no other races) but did not “raise” any money specifically for that purpose.
Ok.
Every day that the McCotter 2012 committee exists is just another reminder that Thad McCotter once tried to run for President. In order to remove that knowledge from us, the committee has asked the FEC to put it out of its misery via administrative termination:
McCotter 2012, Inc., respectfully requests that
the Commission administratively terminate its filing
obligations pursuant to 11 CFR 102.4 based on
the following factors- 1. The Committee's aggregate reported activity
in 2012 was less than $5,000. The Committee reported
$659.70 in receipts and $971.98 in disbursements;
$1,631.68 in the aggregate. 2. The Committee received no contributions in 2012. 3. The Committee's last two reports disclosed no
disbursements. 4. The Committee's primary purpose for filing its
reports has been to disclose outstanding debts and obligations. 5. The Committee's last report does not have
substantial outstanding accounts receivable. Its
accounts receivable balance is $761.00. 6. The Committee's debts and obligations of $105,636.24
exceed the total of the Committee's cash on hand balance of $615.10.
The Committee appreciates the Commission's consideration
of this request and understands that its reporting obligation
continues until such time as the Commission notifies the
Committee of its administrative termination.
