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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>Mr. Treasurer:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>Thank you for looking
that up.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>It depends on the
meaning of the word “participate”. If the proceeds of a joint fundraiser are
deposited into one account, and then that entity makes out a check to the other
organization, I assume that would be defined as “participating.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>However, as the Chair
and myself envision it, a donor would have to make two separate “clicks”: one
on our web site, and another on the other organization’s web site (perhaps on a
frame on our web site). Neither organization would ever have possession of the
funds destined for the other organization.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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I still think this question would be a good one for our FEC consultant.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'> Scott Lieberman <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, February 13, 2015
11:07 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">lnc-business@lp.org</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [Lnc-business] What
is joint fundraising, as the FEC defines it?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=4 color=black
face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>Doubtful,
unless the regulations have changed. From the Campaign Guide for Political
Party Committees (www.fec.gov/pdf/partygui.pdf), page 131:</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Soft Money Ban<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=4 color=black
face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>National
party committees may not participate in any joint fundraiser where nonfederal
or Levin funds are raised. 300.10.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=4 color=black
face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>The
citation at the end is to Title 11 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part
300, Section 10. This section also applies to an officer or agent acting on
behalf of a national party committee or a national congressional campaign
committee; and an entity that is directly or indirectly established, financed,
maintained, or controlled by a national party committee or a national congressional
campaign committee. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=4 color=black
face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>Tim
Hagan</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423837994979_177570"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'> Scott L. <<st1:PersonName w:st="on">scott73@earthlink.net</st1:PersonName>><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">lnc-business@lp.org</st1:PersonName>
<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, February 6, 2015
2:44 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Lnc-business] What is
joint fundraising, as the FEC defines it?</span></font><font size=4
color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'> </span></font><font
size=4 color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=2 color=black
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>As
you have seen, there is a demand from our affiliates for some way of maximizing
the number of people who join the LP at both the state and national levels.</span></span></font><font
size=4 color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:
Helvetica;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'> </span></font><font
size=4 color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=2 color=black
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>I
assume this has been looked at before, but just in case…</span></span></font><font
size=4 color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:
Helvetica;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'> </span></font><font
size=4 color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=2 color=black
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>Is
this a way for us to jointly raise money with non-FEC-filing entities?</span></span></font><font
size=4 color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:
Helvetica;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<a href="http://www.fec.gov/pages/brochures/jointfundraising.shtml"
target="_blank" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423837994979_177692">http://www.fec.gov/pages/brochures/jointfundraising.shtml</a></span></span></font><font
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>“Joint
fundraising is fundraising conducted jointly by a political committee and one
or more other political committees or unregistered organizations. Joint
fundraising rules apply to:</span></span></font><font size=4 color=black
face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><img border=0
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src="cid:image001.gif@01D04822.336661A0" alt=1
data-id=2311d482-bc8c-5b47-29f3-f69e917e5682>Party committees;</span></font><font
size=4 face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Helvetica'><o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423837994979_177702"><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423837994979_177701"><span
id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423837994979_177700"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Party
organizations not registered as political committees;</span></span></font><font
size=4 face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Helvetica'><o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423837994979_177766"><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Federal and/or
nonfederal candidate committees;</span></font><font size=4 face=Helvetica><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Helvetica'><o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423837994979_177768"><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Nonparty,
unauthorized political committees (nonconnected PACs); and</span></font><font
size=4 face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Helvetica'><o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423837994979_177770"><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Unregistered
nonparty organizations. 11 CFR 102.17(a)(1)(i) and (2).”</span></font><font
size=4 face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Helvetica'><o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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