<html><body><div>So I had CCed Bob on an Email earlier and apparently he responded but bounced back from the list. I had thought with him having that swanky LP email address it would go through. When I start thinking..duck. So Bob's email back to me referenced 5k limits for Federal candidates. But if you glance through parts of FEC guides..they get you thinking it applies to everyone. To everyone that hasn't followed everything here, I think(duck) that Lauren was gauging things on what Bob was telling her. <br><br>All that said, I think we should wait for Paula's response like Sam just suggested... Once again, I blame the government.<br><br><br>Daniel Hayes <br>LNC At Large Member</div><div><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><div><blockquote type="cite"><span style="color: #000000;" data-mce-style="color: #000000;"><b>From: </b></span><span>Bob Johnston <bob.johnston@lp.org></span><br><span style="color: #000000;" data-mce-style="color: #000000;"><b>Date: </b></span><span>September 19, 2016 1:28:03 PM</span><br><span style="color: #000000;" data-mce-style="color: #000000;"><b>To: </b></span><span>Daniel Hayes <danielehayes@icloud.com>,william.redpath@lp.org,lauren.daugherty@lp.org</span><br><span style="color: #000000;" data-mce-style="color: #000000;"><b>Cc: </b></span><span>sam8074@aol.com</span><br><span style="color: #000000;" data-mce-style="color: #000000;"><b>Subject: </b></span><span><b>FEC and Miller Campaign</b></span><br><br><div class="msg-quote" lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="Section1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span size="1" face="Arial" data-mce-style="font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial;" data-mce-style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial;">All, </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span size="1" face="Arial" data-mce-style="font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial;" data-mce-style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span size="1" face="Arial" data-mce-style="font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial;" data-mce-style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial;">I have not heard back yet from Paula Edwards, so I called the FEC 800 #, and what I was told was that a political committee, including the FEC, can donate as much to a non-federal candidate, such as Mark Miller, as the state law allows. In Texas, it appears that candidates can receive unlimited contributions from individuals, parties, and PACs.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span size="1" face="Arial" data-mce-style="font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial;" data-mce-style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span size="1" face="Arial" data-mce-style="font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial;" data-mce-style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial;">Further, a non-federal candidate does not have to start filing with the FEC, even if the candidate receives more than $1000, as long as the candidate does not engage in federal election activity.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span size="1" face="Arial" data-mce-style="font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial;" data-mce-style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span size="1" face="Arial" data-mce-style="font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial;" data-mce-style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial;">Earlier, I had sent to Daniel Hayes information from the FEC candidate guide, instead of the FEC party guide:</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span size="1" face="Arial" data-mce-style="font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial;" data-mce-style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span size="1" face="Arial" data-mce-style="font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial;" data-mce-style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span size="1" face="Arial" data-mce-style="font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial;" data-mce-style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://fec.gov/pdf/partygui.pdf" data-mce-href="http://fec.gov/pdf/partygui.pdf">Campaign Guide for Political Party Committees</a> (August 2013) [PDF]</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span size="1" face="Arial" data-mce-style="font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial;" data-mce-style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span size="1" face="Arial" data-mce-style="font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial;" data-mce-style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span size="1" face="Arial" data-mce-style="font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial;" data-mce-style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial;">See page 38 of the above guide, “Supporting Nonfederal Candidates”.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span size="1" face="Arial" data-mce-style="font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial;" data-mce-style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span size="1" face="Arial" data-mce-style="font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial;" data-mce-style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span size="1" face="Arial" data-mce-style="font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial;" data-mce-style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial;">Bob Johnston</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span size="1" face="Arial" data-mce-style="font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial;" data-mce-style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial;">(443) 310-5373</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span size="1" face="Arial" data-mce-style="font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial;" data-mce-style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></span></p></div><style class="existing-message-styles" type="text/css">.msg-quote p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";}
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