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Ellen L. Weintraub (@ellenlweintraub on threads)

@EllenLWeintraub

10 months

If you’re Xhausted by twitter, you can now also find me on threads: still @ellenlweintraub

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Ellen L. Weintraub (@ellenlweintraub on threads)

@EllenLWeintraub

5 years

I would not have thought that I needed to say this.

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Ellen L. Weintraub (@ellenlweintraub on threads)

@EllenLWeintraub

3 years

I can't believe I need to say this, but: Electors are selected based on the popular vote in each state. Any attempt to circumvent that process should be forcefully condemned by every public official who cares at all about democracy. Every. Single. One.

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Ellen L. Weintraub (@ellenlweintraub on threads)

@EllenLWeintraub

5 years

Is this thing on? 🎙

Ellen L. Weintraub (@ellenlweintraub on threads)

@EllenLWeintraub

5 years

I would not have thought that I needed to say this.

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Ellen L. Weintraub (@ellenlweintraub on threads)

@EllenLWeintraub

4 years

I hope you’ve been hacked, @GovMikeHuckabee . Trying to undermine the faith of the American people in our democracy with this baseless voter-fraud nonsense? Publicly confessing to committing felony violations of AR Code §§7-1-104(a)(11)-(12)? Not funny. Not cool. Appalling.

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Ellen L. Weintraub (@ellenlweintraub on threads)

@EllenLWeintraub

5 years

SAD: Last night, @realDonaldTrump again made unfounded claims about massive voter fraud in NH in 2016. In this letter, I ask him to back up his claims in terms a former casino operator should understand: “There comes a time when you need to lay your cards on the table or fold.”

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Ellen L. Weintraub (@ellenlweintraub on threads)

@EllenLWeintraub

5 years

I will not be silenced. The independence of the United States Federal Election Commission will not be compromised. /1

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Ellen L. Weintraub (@ellenlweintraub on threads)

@EllenLWeintraub

5 years

Once more, with feeling: It is illegal for any person to solicit, accept, or receive anything of value from a foreign national in connection with a U.S. election. This includes asking a foreign government to spend funds to benefit a political campaign. It is illegal. It is wrong.

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Ellen L. Weintraub (@ellenlweintraub on threads)

@EllenLWeintraub

5 years

1/ Funny story. The @FEC puts out a "Weekly Digest" of everything we do, an immensely helpful public resource. Check it out, and subscribe, here:

Latest updates - FEC.gov

Find what you need to know about the federal campaign finance process. Explore legal resources, campaign finance data, help for candidates and committees, and more.

www.fec.gov

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Ellen L. Weintraub (@ellenlweintraub on threads)

@EllenLWeintraub

4 years

🚨🚨🚨Thread! Buckle up. 1/66 It’s been claimed that voting by mail leads to massive corruption and fraud. But what are the facts?

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Ellen L. Weintraub (@ellenlweintraub on threads)

@EllenLWeintraub

4 years

Enough, Mr. President. Enough. Spewing conspiracy theories regarding this election will not change the results. The votes have all been cast. The votes will all be counted. The will of the people will prevail. Your lies undermine our democracy and harm our country. Just stop.

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Ellen L. Weintraub (@ellenlweintraub on threads)

@EllenLWeintraub

5 years

@FEC 5/ And I think the public should absolutely not miss out on this week's Digest. So! Because Commissioner Hunter has blocked the Commission from publishing the FEC's Weekly Digest, I have decided to publish the information myself here on Twitter. Here it is:

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Ellen L. Weintraub (@ellenlweintraub on threads)

@EllenLWeintraub

4 years

In case anyone is unclear on the concept, in the United States of America, we do not “get rid of” ballots. We count them. Counting the ballots – *all* the ballots – is the way we determine who leads our country after our elections. The only way.

Laura Barrón-López

@lbarronlopez

4 years

"Get rid of the ballots and we'll have a very peaceful -- there won't be a transfer, frankly. There will be a continuation. The ballots are out of control." Trump says as he refuses to commit to peaceful transition of power.

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Ellen L. Weintraub (@ellenlweintraub on threads)

@EllenLWeintraub

5 years

My response then and now: “It is absolutely within my official duties as a federal election official to comment publicly on any aspect of the integrity of federal elections in the United States. I will not be silenced.” /6

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Ellen L. Weintraub (@ellenlweintraub on threads)

@EllenLWeintraub

5 years

@FEC 4/ I always thought these anti-regulatory people liked the First Amendment well enough. I guess they think it's just for corporations. I'm not fond of anyone trying to suppress my speech.

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Ellen L. Weintraub (@ellenlweintraub on threads)

@EllenLWeintraub

4 years

The next Administration faces historic and immediate challenges the moment it takes office. Every day – every hour – that @GSAEmily fails to ascertain President-Elect Biden's apparent victory deals damage to the Biden Administration's ability to hit the ground running in January.

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Ellen L. Weintraub (@ellenlweintraub on threads)

@EllenLWeintraub

5 years

BREAKING: @FEC 's Republicans block all investigation of & enforcement against Russians Torshin & Butina re the NRA & the 2016 presidential election. Result: FEC does nothing to find out the truth behind one of the most blockbuster campaign finance allegations in recent memory.

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Ellen L. Weintraub (@ellenlweintraub on threads)

@EllenLWeintraub

5 years

“If it takes Twitter or going on television or op-eds or making speeches – any mechanism that I have available to me to get the word out about what the law is – I am willing to get creative.”

Post Politics

@postpolitics

5 years

Stymied by a polarized agency, FEC Chair Ellen Weintraub finds her voice as a Trump critic

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Ellen L. Weintraub (@ellenlweintraub on threads)

@EllenLWeintraub

4 years

There are 61 days until Election Day. It is illegal in all 50 states and under federal law to vote twice. As any federal officeholder or law-enforcement official should know. And there’s still no basis for the conspiracy theory that #VoteByMail will lead to a rigged election.

Aaron Rupar

@atrupar

4 years

"I don't know what the law in the particular state says" -- Wolf Blitzer has to explain to the Attorney General of the United States that it's actually illegal to vote twice

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Ellen L. Weintraub (@ellenlweintraub on threads)

@EllenLWeintraub

5 years

Explaining the law is simply not political. And I’m not nearly that easy to intimidate.

WGLT

@WGLTNews

5 years

The chair of the Federal Election Commission @EllenLWeintraub tells @ryanWGLT that @RodneyDavis is trying to “intimidate” her by asking for an ethics investigation into her public criticism of President #Trump . #IL13 #BloNo

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Ellen L. Weintraub (@ellenlweintraub on threads)

@EllenLWeintraub

4 years

I can’t be more blunt about this: Mr. President, Members of Congress, should you fail to provide the funds America needs for its elections, you will be derelict in your duty to your country. It would be a devastating failure to protect our democracy in a moment of historic need.

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Ellen L. Weintraub (@ellenlweintraub on threads)

@EllenLWeintraub

5 years

@FEC 2/ This week, I published a “Draft Interpretive Rule Concerning Prohibited Activities Involving Foreign Nationals" on the web site:

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Ellen L. Weintraub (@ellenlweintraub on threads)

@EllenLWeintraub

4 years

I would not have thought that I would need to keep saying this.

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Ellen L. Weintraub (@ellenlweintraub on threads)

@EllenLWeintraub

5 years

@FEC 3/ GOP FEC Commissioner Caroline Hunter took the altogether unprecedented step of objecting to its being added to the Digest and blocked publication of the whole Digest as a result.

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Ellen L. Weintraub (@ellenlweintraub on threads)

@EllenLWeintraub

2 years

🔥 🔥 GOP @FEC commissioners block investigation of largest alleged violation in @FEC history: $781,584,527 by Trump & his campaign. Not worth our time, they say. My statement with @ShanaMBroussard : This “carries the unmistakable stench of partisanship.”

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Ellen L. Weintraub (@ellenlweintraub on threads)

@EllenLWeintraub

6 months

A complaint was filed at the @FEC alleging former Pres. Trump violated the law. The nonpartisan staff recommended that the Commission investigate allegations of excessive contributions. You'll never guess what happened next . . . .

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Ellen L. Weintraub (@ellenlweintraub on threads)

@EllenLWeintraub

7 years

I call upon @POTUS to immediately share NH voter-fraud evidence so that his allegations may be investigated promptly

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Ellen L. Weintraub (@ellenlweintraub on threads)

@EllenLWeintraub

5 years

@FEC 6/ Information from the @FEC 's Weekly Digest Week of September 23 - 27, 2019 Commission meetings and hearings The Commission voted to cancel the executive session scheduled for September 24 and the open meeting scheduled for September 26.

September 24, 2019 executive session (Canceled) - FEC.gov

Find what you need to know about the federal campaign finance process. Explore legal resources, campaign finance data, help for candidates and committees, and more.

www.fec.gov

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Ellen L. Weintraub (@ellenlweintraub on threads)

@EllenLWeintraub

5 years

You may recall that it’s illegal for any person to solicit, accept, or receive anything of value from a foreign national in connection with a U.S. election. So, what *is* a thing of value? Glad you asked! Here’s a summary of the law of a #thingofvalue :

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Ellen L. Weintraub (@ellenlweintraub on threads)

@EllenLWeintraub

7 years

I will not be silenced.

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Ellen L. Weintraub (@ellenlweintraub on threads)

@EllenLWeintraub

4 years

OK, so we're doing this. By all reputable accounts, we have just had a well-run election, despite difficult circumstances, with zero evidence of widespread fraud. Scattershot legal challenges have been brought to courts throughout the country... /1

The Associated Press

@AP

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Attorney General William Barr has authorized prosecutors to pursue “substantial allegations” of voting irregularities, if they exist, before the presidential election is certified. The move comes despite there being little evidence of such fraud.

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Ellen L. Weintraub (@ellenlweintraub on threads)

@EllenLWeintraub

4 years

I would not have thought that I needed to say this, but candidates can’t just “claim” states. That’s not how this works. That’s not how any of this works. Here’s how this works: State and local election officials #CountEveryVote .

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Ellen L. Weintraub (@ellenlweintraub on threads)

@EllenLWeintraub

2 years

🔥NEW!: @FEC GOP commissioners are so eager to grease the skids for corporate spending in US elections that they don’t seem to care where the money comes from, including, in a matter just released, money from – I kid you not – *Russian oligarchs.* This is, in a word, alarming. 🧵

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Ellen L. Weintraub (@ellenlweintraub on threads)

@EllenLWeintraub

5 years

@FEC 8/ COMPLAINANTS: National Republican Congressional Committee; and Republican National Committee RESPONDENTS: Roger A. Stone; and SW Technologies, LLC d/b/a Advocacy Data (SWT) SUBJECT: The complaints alleged that SWT, a political marketing firm, and Stone,…

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Ellen L. Weintraub (@ellenlweintraub on threads)

@EllenLWeintraub

4 years

An election is not a reality show with a big reveal at the end. All we get on Election Night are projections from TV networks. We *never* have official results on Election Night. Counting ballots – all of 'em – is the appropriate, proper, and very legal way to determine who won.

Jennifer Jacobs

@JenniferJJacobs

4 years

"It would be very very proper and very nice if a winner were declared on November 3rd, instead of counting ballots for two weeks, which is totally inappropriate and I don't believe that that's by our laws. I don't believe that. So we'll see what happens,” Trump before leaving WH.

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Ellen L. Weintraub (@ellenlweintraub on threads)

@EllenLWeintraub

5 years

@FEC 7/ Enforcement The Commission made public five closed cases and one Statement of Reasons, as follows. For more information, see the case documents in the Enforcement Query System: MURs 6960 & 6991

MUR #6960 - FEC.gov

Clarify campaign finance legal requirements on the new fec.gov. Search across advisory opinions, closed Matters Under Review, statutes, and regulations all at once, with search results designed to...

www.fec.gov

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Ellen L. Weintraub (@ellenlweintraub on threads)

@EllenLWeintraub

4 years

No, #NewHampshire , there were no busloads of illegal voters in your state in 2016. It. Just. Didn’t. Happen. We need to address democracy’s *real* problems: 🔥Foreign interference. 🔥Disinformation. 🔥Voter suppression. 🔥Strains on our institutions. #FactsMatter #TruthMatters

Aaron Rupar

@atrupar

4 years

"We should have won the election, but they had buses being being shipped up from Massachusetts. Hundreds and hundreds of buses" -- Trump pushes a completely unfounded conspiracy theory about massive election fraud costing him New Hampshire in 2016

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Ellen L. Weintraub (@ellenlweintraub on threads)

@EllenLWeintraub

5 years

@FEC 9/ …SWT’s founder, president and CEO, violated the sales and use provision of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended (the Act), by compiling a commercial mailing list using the names and …

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Ellen L. Weintraub (@ellenlweintraub on threads)

@EllenLWeintraub

4 years

Nope. No, Mr. Secretary, no. DOJ can’t change the law. The President simply does not have the authority to delay the election.

Aaron Rupar

@atrupar

4 years

"In the end, the Department of Justice and others will make that legal determination" -- Mike Pompeo on Trump's tweet suggesting the presidential election should be delayed

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Ellen L. Weintraub (@ellenlweintraub on threads)

@EllenLWeintraub

5 years

This new complaint covers the same ground as one filed in 2017. That one was found to be absolutely baseless: "Report of Investigation INV-17-04,” Federal Election Commission Office of Inspector General(December 21, 2017): /2

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@EllenLWeintraub

4 years

We have seen no evidence that would justify a Department of Justice probe. The Attorney General's move raises grave concerns that he is acting to advance a preferred political narrative rather than following the facts and the law. /3

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Ellen L. Weintraub (@ellenlweintraub on threads)

@EllenLWeintraub

5 years

@FEC 10/ addresses of contributors obtained from FEC disclosure reports, which was then used to make solicitations. DISPOSITION: The Commission entered into a conciliation agreement providing for SWT to pay a civil penalty of $25,000 and dismissed the allegations as to Stone.

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Ellen L. Weintraub (@ellenlweintraub on threads)

@EllenLWeintraub

4 years

Repeat after me: The election’s not over until all the votes are counted. 👏 The election’s not over until all the votes are counted. 👏 The election’s not over until all the votes are counted. 👏

Kevin M. Kruse

@KevinMKruse

4 years

Guess I’ll retweet the piece FEC Commissioner @EllenLWeintraub and I did for the @nytimes back in May. We will need to wait for results. We have before and we can again.

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Ellen L. Weintraub (@ellenlweintraub on threads)

@EllenLWeintraub

5 years

On “things of value” @FEC : “Indeed, the Commission has recognized the ‘broad scope’ of the foreign national contribution prohibition and found that even where the value of a good or service ‘may be nominal or difficult to ascertain,’ such contributions are nevertheless banned.”

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Ellen L. Weintraub (@ellenlweintraub on threads)

@EllenLWeintraub

5 years

Key quote, from p. 10: “As a government employee, Commissioner Weintraub is tasked with ensuring the public the integrity of the government and as a FEC Commissioner she is to ensure campaign finance laws are administered….” /3

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Ellen L. Weintraub (@ellenlweintraub on threads)

@EllenLWeintraub

5 years

@FEC 11/ MUR 7508 COMPLAINANT: Robert Secaur RESPONDENTS: Friends of Sherrod Brown and Judith Zamore, in her official capacity as treasurer (the Committee); and Whirlpool Corporation (Whirlpool)

MUR #7508 - FEC.gov

Clarify campaign finance legal requirements on the new fec.gov. Search across advisory opinions, closed Matters Under Review, statutes, and regulations all at once, with search results designed to...

www.fec.gov

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@EllenLWeintraub

5 years

“…The OIG investigation disclosed that Commissioners have been allowed to express their opinions and make statements in the past to reporters and at conferences, and author articles on a variety of election topics…” /4

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Ellen L. Weintraub (@ellenlweintraub on threads)

@EllenLWeintraub

5 years

“…(voting trends, women’s rights, foreign elections and political agendas), without being disciplined or found to violate 5 C.F.R. Part 2635 standards.” /5

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Ellen L. Weintraub (@ellenlweintraub on threads)

@EllenLWeintraub

5 years

@FEC 12/ SUBJECT: The complaint alleged that Whirlpool made and the Committee accepted a prohibited in-kind corporate contribution when Whirlpool employees were depicted in a Committee campaign advertisement.

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Ellen L. Weintraub (@ellenlweintraub on threads)

@EllenLWeintraub

4 years

ICYMI, Attorney General William P. Barr has confirmed that there is no basis for the conspiracy theory that #VoteByMail will corrupt the election.

Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon

@RepMGS

4 years

AG Barr has been repeating false conspiracy theories peddled by the President to cast doubt on voting-by-mail. The President has voted by mail and so has AG Barr. When I asked him if he had any evidence to back up these claims, Barr said, under oath, “no.”

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Ellen L. Weintraub (@ellenlweintraub on threads)

@EllenLWeintraub

4 years

38 days until Election Day, and voting has begun. If astronaut Kate Rubins can vote from space this election, we here on Earth can, too. Vote early! And there’s no earthly basis for the conspiracy theory that #VoteByMail will lead to a rigged election.

NASA astronaut Kate Rubins will vote from space this November

For this November’s presidential election, NASA astronaut Kate Rubins plans to cast her ballot from the International Space Station, 200 miles above Earth, effectively obliterating every excuse in...

gizmodo.com

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Ellen L. Weintraub (@ellenlweintraub on threads)

@EllenLWeintraub

5 years

@FEC 13/ DISPOSITION: The Commission dismissed the allegations and closed the file. The Commission noted that the record indicated that Whirlpool specifically declined the Committee’s request to film on its property and requested that the Committee …

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Ellen L. Weintraub (@ellenlweintraub on threads)

@EllenLWeintraub

4 years

There are 125 days until Election Day, the Earth is still round, and there is still no basis for the conspiracy theory that #VoteByMail will corrupt the election.

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Ellen L. Weintraub (@ellenlweintraub on threads)

@EllenLWeintraub

5 years

@FEC 14/ ��clarify that the appearance of the Whirlpool logo and employees in the ad did not amount to an endorsement by Whirlpool. MUR 7545

MUR #7545 - FEC.gov

Clarify campaign finance legal requirements on the new fec.gov. Search across advisory opinions, closed Matters Under Review, statutes, and regulations all at once, with search results designed to...

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Ellen L. Weintraub (@ellenlweintraub on threads)

@EllenLWeintraub

4 years

3/ There's simply no basis for the conspiracy theory that voting by mail causes fraud. None. @CNN & @washingtonpost fact-checks show this. But many others have examined the issue and arrived at the same conclusion. Still others have provided some key context. Take a look!

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@EllenLWeintraub

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@FEC 15/ COMPLAINANT: FEC-Initiated RESPONDENT: Tea Party Majority Fund and Scott B. Mackenzie, in his official capacity as treasurer (TPMF) SUBJECT: In the normal course of carrying out its supervisory responsibilities, the Commission initiated proceedings to determine …

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@EllenLWeintraub

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@FEC 16/ …whether there was reason to believe TPMF failed to provide supporting schedules on its disclosure reports for independent expenditures totaling over $1.8 million made during the 2016 election cycle, including disclosure of debts and filing of 48-Hour Reports.

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@EllenLWeintraub

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@FEC 17/ DISPOSITION: The Commission entered into a conciliation agreement providing for TPMF to amend its reports to reflect independent expenditures and debts accurately at all times and to pay a civil penalty of $100,000. MUR 7611

MUR #7611 - FEC.gov

Clarify campaign finance legal requirements on the new fec.gov. Search across advisory opinions, closed Matters Under Review, statutes, and regulations all at once, with search results designed to...

www.fec.gov

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Ellen L. Weintraub (@ellenlweintraub on threads)

@EllenLWeintraub

4 years

No.

Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump

4 years

Unsolicited Ballots are uncontrollable, totally open to ELECTION INTERFERENCE by foreign countries, and will lead to massive chaos and confusion!

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Ellen L. Weintraub (@ellenlweintraub on threads)

@EllenLWeintraub

3 years

🔥🔥BREAKING: GOP commissioners kill @FEC case against former Pres. Trump for knowingly and willfully accepting a $130k contribution to spike the Stormy Daniels story just before Election Day 2016 – the same $130k payment that sent his lawyer to prison.

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Ellen L. Weintraub (@ellenlweintraub on threads)

@EllenLWeintraub

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...none of which can fairly be called "substantial allegations," none of which have been backed by evidence, and none of which would change the result of the election. Most of these claims are being dismissed as soon as they're examined by judges. /2

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Ellen L. Weintraub (@ellenlweintraub on threads)

@EllenLWeintraub

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1/ 🚨BREAKING! The district court has lifted its order restraining the @FEC from publishing the names of key players in a $1.7 million straw-donor scheme. Here's my statement with all the details:

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Ellen L. Weintraub (@ellenlweintraub on threads)

@EllenLWeintraub

4 years

Here's what happens on Election Night: 'Winners' are called *only by the media* based on estimates and projections. It takes weeks for the states to declare official winners. This is proper, nice, appropriate, and it's what happens in *every* state, in *every* election.

Kevin M. Kruse

@KevinMKruse

4 years

I had the pleasure of writing this @nytimes piece with FEC Commissioner @EllenLWeintraub on how we’ll need to be patient with the election returns this year and how that’s not so different from past years.

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@FEC 19/ …to determine whether there was reason to believe the Committee received an excessive contribution of $25,000 from an individual and a $7,000 prohibited contribution from a limited liability corporation disclosed on its 2016 August Monthly Report.

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Ellen L. Weintraub (@ellenlweintraub on threads)

@EllenLWeintraub

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2/ U.S. citizens will vote by mail this year in record numbers. In the face of a global health emergency, election officials across the country from both parties are working heroically to ensure that voting by mail is accurate, accessible, safe & secure.

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Ellen L. Weintraub (@ellenlweintraub on threads)

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@FEC 18/ COMPLAINANT: FEC-Initiated RESPONDENT: American Delta Party and Suzan Korth, in her official capacity as treasurer (the Committee) SUBJECT: In the normal course of carrying out its supervisory responsibilities, the Commission initiated proceedings …

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Ellen L. Weintraub (@ellenlweintraub on threads)

@EllenLWeintraub

4 years

It’s amazing to me how #microtargeting is largely being justified on grounds that it's "cost-effective." You know what else is cost-effective? Child labor. Dumping sewage into rivers. Fraud. Just because something is cost-effective does not necessarily make it a good idea.

The Washington Post

@washingtonpost

4 years

Opinion: Facebook won’t limit how politicians target ads. It’s the right call.

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@FEC 20/ DISPOSITION: The Commission entered into a conciliation agreement providing for the Committee to pay a civil penalty of $5,500. MUR 7270

MUR #7270 - FEC.gov

Clarify campaign finance legal requirements on the new fec.gov. Search across advisory opinions, closed Matters Under Review, statutes, and regulations all at once, with search results designed to...

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🚨🚨ALERT! According to the NC State Board of Elections, dozens of #NorthCarolina colleges and universities have not yet had their student IDs approved as photo IDs for voting. Deadline for private colleges is THIS SATURDAY, OCT. 26. Deadline for UNC schools is NOV. 15. /1

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@FEC 22/ Administrative Fines The Commission made public seven closed cases, as follows. For more information, see the case documents in the Enforcement Query System:

Enforcing federal campaign finance law - FEC.gov

The Federal Election Commission has jurisdiction over the civil enforcement of the federal campaign finance law. Enforcement cases can come from audits, complaints, referrals or self-submissions:...

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@FEC 21/ (Comite Pierluisi, Inc. and Hector Del Rio Jimenez, in his official capacity as treasurer) The Commission made public a Statement of Reasons by former Commissioner Lee E. Goodman, dated September 6, 2017:

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@FEC 31/ …the Honorable David M. Walker, and the Honorable Christine Todd Whitman filed an Amici Curiae Brief in support of Appellants [ ]; FairVote and the Coalition for Free and Open Elections filed an Amici Curiae Brief in support of…

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Sad to report: @FEC announced today the dismissal of a slew of important cases on key issues like dark money, soft money & coordination. Several of us had worked hard over the past few years to keep these matters alive in the face of obstructionist colleagues and bad caselaw. 🧵

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@FEC 29/ 3565 Jill Stein for President and Steven Welzer, in his official capacity as treasurer. The Commission made a final determination and assessed a civil penalty of $728.

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@FEC 23/ 3482 Eric for Us and Elizabeth Perez, in her official capacity as treasurer. The Commission made a final determination and assessed a civil penalty of $445.

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No, Mr. President. No. You don't have the power to move the election. Nor should it be moved. States and localities are asking you and Congress for funds so they can properly run the safe and secure elections all Americans want. Why don't you work on that?

Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump

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With Universal Mail-In Voting (not Absentee Voting, which is good), 2020 will be the most INACCURATE & FRAUDULENT Election in history. It will be a great embarrassment to the USA. Delay the Election until people can properly, securely and safely vote???

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@FEC 24/ 3483 Daniel Freilich for Congress and Sondra Tova Freilich, in her official capacity as treasurer. The Commission made a final determination and assessed a civil penalty of $291.

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@FEC The Republicans ignored an @FEC investigation that revealed that a US corporation that spent on a number of US elections was overwhelmingly owned by Russian oligarchs and had nothing but Russian funds in the bank. @ShanaMBroussard and I wrote about it:

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Fact check: ❌ FALSE. Here’s the truth: election administrators say it’s virtually impossible for a foreign country to counterfeit ballots and get away with it: There is no basis for the conspiracy theory that #VoteByMail will corrupt the election.

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@FEC 25/ 3484 Angie Chirino for Congress and Jorge Mirabent, in his official capacity as treasurer. The Commission made a final determination and assessed no civil penalty.

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@FEC 26/ 3485 Deedra 2018 for US Senate and Marlene Binnion, in her official capacity as treasurer. The Commission made a final determination and assessed a civil penalty of $630.

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@FEC 27/ 3486 Committee to Elect Tahirah Amatul-Wadud and Yasmin Tempro, in her official capacity as treasurer. The Commission made a final determination and assessed a civil penalty of $1,702.

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Reminder: There are 136 days until Election Day, and there is still no basis for the conspiracy theory that voting by mail will lead to massive fraud. In an election plagued by pandemic, uncertainty, and death, the American people deserve the truth from our leaders.

The Hill

@thehill

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Barr warns mail-in voting could "open the floodgates of potential fraud"

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@FEC 30/ Litigation Level the Playing Field, et al. v. FEC (Case No. 19-5117) On September 26, Independent Voter Project, Admiral James Stavridis, Senator Joseph Robert Kerrey, Senator Joseph Isadore Lieberman, the Honorable Clarine Nardi Riddle, …

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@FEC 28/ 3488 Mindi for Congress and Justin Messmer, in his official capacity as treasurer. The Commission made a final determination and assessed a civil penalty of $1,387.

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132 days until Election Day & still no basis for the conspiracy theory that #VoteByMail will corrupt the election. The # of poll workers is key to smooth in-person voting. In #KY , a strong bipartisan effort averted total disaster, but more people & resources are needed for Nov.

Josh Douglas

@JoshuaADouglas

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THREAD: What's takeaway from #KYPrimary ? -KY's voting rules were less restrictive than ever and turnout was high. That doesn't excuse problems, but let's at least recognize that fact. We absolutely need no excuse absentee voting and early voting for Nov. 1/

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4/ Here is @CNN 's fact-check, cited by @Twitter :

Here’s the *real* reason Donald Trump is attacking mail-in ballots | CNN Politics

On Tuesday morning, Donald Trump tweeted this:

www.cnn.com

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. @Facebook ’s weak plan suggests the company has no idea how seriously it is hurting democracy. No one is a bigger believer in transparency than I. But here, proposing ‘transparency’ solutions is window-dressing when Facebook needs to be putting out the housefire it has lit. /1

The Washington Post

@washingtonpost

4 years

Facebook won’t limit how politicians target ads or lie to voters under new rules

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@FEC The Commission’s full enforcement file in the #NRA #Russia matter (MUR 7314) is here: My statement is available on the FEC’s website in PDF form here:

MUR #7314 - FEC.gov

Clarify campaign finance legal requirements on the new fec.gov. Search across advisory opinions, closed Matters Under Review, statutes, and regulations all at once, with search results designed to...

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I usually vote in person, but this year, I applied to vote by mail because I (like most people) have a physical condition – a lack of antibodies to COVID-19 – that prevents me from appearing at my polling place on Election Day without a likelihood of injuring my health.

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6/ And here are a few more: @CBSNews political reporter @Grace_Segers :

Grace Segers

@Grace_Segers

4 years

1. Mail voting fraud is extremely rare, and some experts consider it to be safer than in-person voting because paper ballots can't be hacked. 2. Most studies find that voting by mail doesn't help one party over another. 3. President Trump voted by mail in the Florida primary.

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Today seems like a good day to spotlight my @nytimes op-ed with @KevinMKruse . An election is not a reality show. What matters is a safe & accessible election & an accurate count, not a big election-night reveal. C’mon, America, we can be grownups about this. Patience is a virtue.

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Bipartisan senators ask for laws to block foreign interference in elections on social media. This bipartisan effort is important and *very* welcome. Kudos to @SenatorBurr and Sen. @MarkWarner .

Richard Burr

@SenatorBurr

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Russia is waging an information warfare campaign against the U.S. that didn’t start and didn’t end with the 2016 election. Their goal is to sow societal discord and erode confidence in the machinery of government. Read the new Senate Intel report here:

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5/ And here is @washingtonpost 's fact-check, also cited by @Twitter :

Analysis | A review of Trump’s many unsubstantiated allegations of voter fraud

After crying wolf for four years, no wolves.

www.washingtonpost.com

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There are 103 days until Election Day. 👤, 👩🏽‍🦱, 👨🏼‍🦰, 📸, 📺. (🤦🏻‍♀️) And there is still no basis for the conspiracy theory that #VoteByMail will corrupt the election.

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Ellen L. Weintraub (@ellenlweintraub on threads)

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When social influencers get paid to post about candidates, let’s have some transparency: ✅ Influencers should disclose who’s paying them. ✅ Candidates should disclose which individuals are being paid. ✅ Platforms should include in political ad libraries. You listening, FB?

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@FEC 32/ …Plaintiffs-Appellants [ ]; and Nonprofit Leaders, Scholars and Practitioners filed a Corrected Amici Curiae Brief [ ] in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

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There are 28 days until Election Day. I'm afraid of COVID-19, and you should be, too. And there is still no basis for the conspiracy theory that #VoteByMail will lead to a rigged election. #FactsMatter #ScienceMatters #StaySafe #WearAMask

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Ellen L. Weintraub (@ellenlweintraub on threads)

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Buckle up! Election-results-explainer mini-tweetstorm! 🗳🌪 An election is not a reality show with a guaranteed big reveal at the end of the hour. The election isn’t over until we count all the votes. Here’s what to keep in mind as the week goes forward. 1/8

Ellen L. Weintraub (@ellenlweintraub on threads)

@EllenLWeintraub

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Here's what happens on Election Night: 'Winners' are called *only by the media* based on estimates and projections. It takes weeks for the states to declare official winners. This is proper, nice, appropriate, and it's what happens in *every* state, in *every* election.

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9/ @atrupar for @voxdotcom :

Aaron Rupar

@atrupar

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Five states, including deep red Utah, already conduct elections almost entirely by mail, and only evidence of mail-in election fraud Trump has been able to cite is a "pants on fire" lie

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Today’s blockbuster bipartisan Senate Intel report shows we need a full govt effort to close campaign finance loopholes that can be exploited by Russia and other malign foreign actors targeting our elections. I’ve warned of this risk for years. 77 days to the election. Let’s go.

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