<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423837994979_177339"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423837994979_177406">Doubtful, unless the regulations have changed. From the Campaign Guide for Political Party Committees (www.fec.gov/pdf/partygui.pdf), page 131:</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423837994979_177609"><br><span></span>Soft Money Ban</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423837994979_177568"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423837994979_177520">National party committees may not participate in any joint fundraiser where nonfederal or Levin funds are raised. 300.10.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423837994979_177365" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423837994979_177649" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423837994979_178440" dir="ltr">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. <br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423837994979_178382"><br></div><span></span><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423837994979_177364" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423837994979_178266">Tim Hagan</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423837994979_178488"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423837994979_178486"><br> </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423837994979_177244" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423837994979_177243" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423837994979_177312" dir="ltr"> <hr id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423837994979_177341" size="1"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423837994979_177570" size="2" face="Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Scott L. <scott73@earthlink.net><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> lnc-business@lp.org <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?<br> </font> </div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423837994979_177242" class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv4150049678">
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423837994979_177348" class="yiv4150049678MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;"> </span></font></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423837994979_177685" class="yiv4150049678MsoNormal"><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423837994979_177684" size="2" face="Verdana"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423837994979_177683" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;">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></font></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423837994979_177518" class="yiv4150049678MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;"> </span></font></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423837994979_177239" class="yiv4150049678MsoNormal"><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423837994979_178311" size="2" face="Verdana"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423837994979_178310" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;">I assume this has been looked at before, but just in case…</span></font></div>
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423837994979_177516" class="yiv4150049678MsoNormal"><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423837994979_177515" size="2" face="Verdana"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423837994979_177514" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;">Is this a way for us to jointly raise money with
non-FEC-filing entities?</span></font></div>
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423837994979_177512" class="yiv4150049678MsoNormal"><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423837994979_177694" size="2" face="Verdana"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423837994979_177693" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;"> <a id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423837994979_177692" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.fec.gov/pages/brochures/jointfundraising.shtml">http://www.fec.gov/pages/brochures/jointfundraising.shtml</a></span></font></div>
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423837994979_177698"><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423837994979_177697" size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423837994979_177696" style="font-size:12.0pt;">“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></font></div>
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<li id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423837994979_177716" class="yiv4150049678MsoNormal" style=""><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;"><img data-id="2311d482-bc8c-5b47-29f3-f69e917e5682" id="yiv4150049678_x0000_i1025" src="cid:Kn9y9WLz3pqyaWk7BP48" alt="1" border="0" height="1" width="1">Party committees;</span></font></li>
<li id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423837994979_177702" class="yiv4150049678MsoNormal" style=""><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423837994979_177701" size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423837994979_177700" style="font-size:12.0pt;">Party organizations not registered as political
committees;</span></font></li>
<li id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423837994979_177766" class="yiv4150049678MsoNormal" style=""><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">Federal and/or nonfederal candidate committees;</span></font></li>
<li id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423837994979_177768" class="yiv4150049678MsoNormal" style=""><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">Nonparty, unauthorized political committees
(nonconnected PACs); and</span></font></li>
<li id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423837994979_177770" class="yiv4150049678MsoNormal" style=""><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">Unregistered nonparty organizations. 11 CFR
102.17(a)(1)(i) and (2).”</span></font></li>
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423837994979_177851" class="yiv4150049678MsoNormal" style=""><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423837994979_177850" size="2" face="Verdana"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423837994979_177849" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;">At some
point we might want to ask this question of our FEC consultant. Or, we might
want to ask the consultant if they can think of a way of legally accomplishing
what we are trying to do.</span></font></div>
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423837994979_177854" class="yiv4150049678MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;"> Scott Lieberman</span></font></div>
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