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WASHINGTON – The Federal Election Commission today cited 25 campaign committees for failure to file the required Pre-General Election financial disclosure report.

  Provisions of the Federal Election Campaign Act require committees supporting candidates involved in the general election to file reports of their financial activity 12 days before the election.

  As of 5 p.m. , October 28, 2004 , disclosure reports from the following committees had not been filed:

CO……….   COMMITTEE TO ELECT DANIEL JAMES BARNETT SENATOR FOR THE CHRISTIAN PARTY 2004…WESTON J. COOLIDGE, TREAS…DANIEL J. BARNETT…OTH

GA………   BUCKLEY FOR SENATE… FREDERICK COX, TREAS….ALLEN BUCKLEY…LIB

NY……….   O'GRADY FOR SENATE…DONALD A. DERHAM, TREAS…MARILYN F.

  O'GRADY…REP

NY……….   HONEST ABE HIRSCHFELD FOR UNITED STATES SENATE…GEORGE L.

  ESPADA,TREAS…ABRAHAM HIRSCHFELD…REP

UT……….   PAUL VAN DAM FOR US SENATE…SHANE N. GIDDINGS, TREAS…PAUL

  VAN DAM…DEM

AZ/02….   RANDY CAMACHO FOR CONGRESS 2004…STEPHEN L. BOYD, TREAS…RANDY  R. CAMACHO…DEM

CA/01….    LAWRENCE R. WIESNER FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE… LAWRENCE R. WIESNER, TREAS… LAWRENCE R. WIESNER…REP

CA/28….   DAVID R. HERNANDEZ JR. FOR CONGRESS…DAVID R. HERNANDEZ JR., TREAS…DAVID R. HERNANDEZ JR…REP

CA/49….   BYRON FOR CONGRESS…RAMONO BYRON, TREAS…MICHAEL BYRON…DEM

FL/08…..    MURRAY FOR CONGRESS….STEPHEN MURRAY, TREAS…STEPHEN T.

  MURRAY…DEM

FL/11…..   ROBERT JOHNSON FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE…ROBERT E. JOHNSON, TREAS…ROBERT E. JOHNSON…LIB

FL/15…..   SIMON PRISTOOP FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE…STEPHEN AJHAR, TREAS…

  SIMON M. PRISTOOP…DEM

IN/01…..   COMMITTEE TO ELECT LEYVA FOR U. S. CONGRESS…MARK J. LEYVA, TREAS… MARK J. LEYVA…REP

*MA/04..   MORSE FOR CONGRESS…CHARLES A. MORSE, TREAS…CHARLES A.

  MORSE…REP

MD/02...JANE BROOKS FOR CONGRESS…JOHN V. KOZARSKI, TREAS…JANE BROOKS…REP

MS/04…   LOTT FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE…JERRY DEAS, TREAS…MICHAEL A. LOTT..REP

NC/12…    ADA M. FISHER FOR CONGRESS…LANGSTON WELCH, TREAS… ADA M.

  FISHER…REP

NY/02…FRIENDS OF RICH HOFFMAN…ERIC HOFMEISTER, TREAS…RICHARD

  HOFFMAN…REP

NY/28…   LABA FOR CONGRESS…DIMITRIOS MANOU, TREAS…MICHAEL D. LABA…REP

OH/08…   JEFF HARDENBROOK FOR CONGRESS…WILLIAM J. LENIHAN, TREAS…

  JEFF HARDENBROOK…DEM

OH/16…   FRIENDS OF JEFF SEEMANN FOR CONGRESS…MICHAEL CHANEY, TREAS…

  JEFF SEEMAN…DEM

TX/22….   FJETLAND FOR FAIR ELECTIONS…ANTONE VALDES, TREAS…G. MICHAEL

  FJETLAND… IND

  TX/24….   GARY R. PAGE FOR CONGRESS…CAROL ANN MIELKE, TREAS…GARY R.

  PAGE…DEM

WA/09…PAUL J. LORD FOR CONGRESS…LINDA LORD, TREAS…PAUL J. LORD…REP

WI/01…THOMAS FOR CONGRESS…JEFFREY C. THOMAS, TREAS…JEFFREY C.

  THOMAS…DEM   

  The reports were to include financial activity occurring from October 1 through October 13. If sent by certified, registered or overnight mail, the reports should have been postmarked by October 18. Otherwise, the due date was close-of-business October 21. Mandatory electronic filing requirements became effective as of January 1, 2001 . Any committee that receives contributions or makes expenditures in excess of $50,000 in the current calendar year, or that reasonably expects to do so, must submit its reports electronically. These rules became effective for reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2001 .

  Some individuals and their committees have no obligation to file reports under federal election law, even though their names may appear on state ballots. If an individual raises or spends less than $5,000, he or she is not considered a "candidate" subject to reporting under the FECA.

  The FEC notified committees involved in the general election of their filing requirements on September 27. Those committees which did not file on the due date were notified on October 22 that reports had not been received and that their names would be published if they did not respond within four business days.

  Other political committees supporting Senate and House candidates in elections (those which are not authorized units of a candidate's campaign) also are required to file pre-general election reports. Those committee names are not published by the FEC.

   Further Commission action against non-filers and late filers falls under the Administrative Fine Program. Political committees and treasurers who fail to file their reports on time may be subject to civil money penalties ranging from $30 to $16,000 (or more for repeat late- and non-filers).  

  The next regularly scheduled disclosure reports for candidate committees will be the 30-Day Post-General Election report due December 2, 2004 . It will cover activity from October 14 through November 22.

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*   A paper copy of the 12-Day Pre-General Election Report has been filed. However, the committee was required to file their report electronically.