Hornberger also sent a letter to the FEC. The letter included the key phrase that the letter was not a complaint. As released to the public, it was also not notarized. The FEC has extremely specific rules about what it may act on as a complaint (You can find them for yourself at www.fec.gov.). Under FEC regulations, Hornberger’s letter was…
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As written in the early 2000s. To the author, the FEC responses appear to be pro forma assurances to the public that if a person broke Federal Election Campaign Laws, that person would potentially be subject to legal action. From the broad wording used by their spokesman, it is not clear that there was a specific intent by the FEC…
Chapter Thirteen Refusing to File March 2000 In March, campaign income plummeted from February’s $118,500 to less than $75,000. Despite a further loan from the candidate, the Browne campaign was very nearly broke. Only $6302 was on hand at the month’s end. The Browne Campaign responded with a new fundraising gimmick, a prospective lawsuit against the Federal Election Commission. I…
On December 19, 1996, Harry Browne announced that he would be creating an exploratory committee, whose purposes would include raising money. Browne wanted to know if he could begin the campaign with $1,000,000 in hand, and the exploratory committee was the vehicle for making the determination experimentally. However, under (3) and (6) “amass funds to be used after candidacy is…
Recently, there has been public controversy over a letter that former Treasurer Todd Hagopian sent to a considerable number of members of the LNC. The letter was sent privately but has apparently become public knowledge in some circles. We had not discussed this here previously, because other matters were occurring, and we did not want to flood our finite bandwidth…
Readers will recall that LNC Chair Angela McArdle attacked LNC Treasurer Bill Redpath for not doing his job as Treasurer. Redpath indicated that so soon as petitioning had finished for the cycle he would indeed be reporting. He has now advised the LNC that they will receive a report from him soon. There is an amended FEC report forhtcoming. There…