Project Vote and former Development Director Karyn Gillette violated the...
Project Vote and former Development Director Karyn Gillette violated the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 by soliciting individuals whose names appeared on a political committee disclosure report obtained from the Federal Election Committee’s website, the commission said Monday. In…
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the fall or winter of 2007, Gillette downloaded the names and addresses of people who contributed to Barack Obama’s presidential campaign, the FEC said. She included about 7,853 names and addresses in a Project Vote direct-mail solicitation that raised $4,415 in donations. Gillette said she was unaware of the prohibition against using FEC data for solicitation purposes and reported it to Project Vote when she learned it was illegal, the commission said. Project Vote, which disclosed the violation, agreed to pay a civil penalty of $2,200 to settle the case, the FEC said. The group also must give the $4,415 to the Treasury.