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posted by martyb on Sunday August 21 2016, @07:11AM   Printer-friendly
from the not-Deez-Nuts-—-Doze-Nuts! dept.

The U.S. Federal Election Commission (FEC) has announced new procedures to prevent the listing of false or fake information in election filings:

The new procedure comes in response to an increase this election cycle in the filing of registration and statement of candidacy forms (FEC Forms 1 and 2) that provide patently false candidate or treasurer names, questionable contact or bank information, or material that does not relate to campaign finance, such as drawings, essays and personal court records.

The Commission has authorized staff to send verification letters to filers listing fictional characters, obscene language, sexual references, celebrities (where there is no indication that the named celebrity submitted the filing), animals, or similarly implausible entries as the name or contact information of the candidate or committee. These letters will:

  • notify the filer of the potential penalties for false filings with a federal agency;
  • note the seemingly false information (candidate name, contact information, etc.) that was filed on the relevant Statement of Organization (FEC Form 1) or Statement of Candidacy (FEC Form 2);
  • direct the filer to file a letter either confirming or withdrawing the filing, or to file an amended Form 1 or 2, within 30 days of the date of the verification letter;
  • indicate that withdrawing the filing or failing to respond to the verification letter will lead to the Form 1 or 2 being removed from the searchable candidate/committee filings database on the Commission's website; and
  • note that removal of the filing from the Commission's searchable database does not waive the Commission's authority to pursue or refer action for false filing under 52 U.S.C. Section 30109(a) or otherwise report such filings under 52 U.S. C. Section 30107(a)(9).

Coverage at USA Today, Politico, ABC, RT, The Hill, and Reason. More about Deez Nuts. #JusticeForHarambe.


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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 21 2016, @07:49AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 21 2016, @07:49AM (#390936)

    n/t

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 21 2016, @08:51AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 21 2016, @08:51AM (#390948)

      The FEC seems to be conflating fictional with farcical.

  • (Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 21 2016, @08:21AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 21 2016, @08:21AM (#390942)

    Free software game, try it out:

    https://sourceforge.net/projects/chaosesqueanthology/ [sourceforge.net]

    Tell what you like.

    Yea, I know this story is about Deez Nutz

    • (Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 21 2016, @09:01AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 21 2016, @09:01AM (#390951)

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    • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 21 2016, @10:57AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 21 2016, @10:57AM (#390978)

      http://chaosesqueanthology.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=chaosesqueanthology/xonotic-data.pk3dir;a=blob;f=xonotic-credits.txt;h=37f79cf6dfe456231b25158959d3fff1160abb96;hb=5cfaa6631b3d9be551b1ea60ab96796d7e8ab5fc [sourceforge.net]

      404 *Additional Game Code
        405 Mario (Initial code for: Monsters, Zombie Apocalypse)
        406 MikeeUSA - foliage system, buildable buildings system,
        407 - city generation system, jails, spell casting,
        408 - sky cycles, oil ocean, bumpers baloons etc,
        409 - inventory system, containers, potions, drunkenness
        410 - stone curse, blindness, nuclear weapons, friend system,
        411 - additional weapons, misc, etc.
        412 Samual (Kicked off the spawn-vehicles-around mutator)
        413 Additional Thanks to LordHavoc, grey, and Divverent
        414 for all the QuakeC help they've given.

      I always wondered what this game you claimed to have modded was. This is… offtopic… but somewhat more constructive.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 21 2016, @11:17AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 21 2016, @11:17AM (#390983)

        There are many contributors to ChaosEsque Anthology, hundreds listed in the credits section.
        Why list only the one guy you know?

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 21 2016, @11:20AM

          by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 21 2016, @11:20AM (#390984)

          (nepotism).

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 21 2016, @11:51AM

          by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 21 2016, @11:51AM (#390995)

          Because the hundreds of others (it was quite extensive—I was surprised) don't shit post about pedophilia.

          It's a shame because it looks like a decent project. It's too bad that the one name I do know leaves codes of conduct in her wake everywhere she goes. That game is now damaged goods.

          So, what I'm saying is whether MikeeUSA is a double secret radfem or just a pedophile, she might want to reconsider her strategy. She's obviously capable of contributing positive things. Presumably.

          • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 21 2016, @01:02PM

            by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 21 2016, @01:02PM (#391010)

            All you care about is the one guy you know.

            And then you complain about people hiring people they know, and not you.

            Same thing operating.

            • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 21 2016, @02:09PM

              by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 21 2016, @02:09PM (#391021)

              I'm not certain how you confuse hiring people you know with infamy.

              • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 21 2016, @03:30PM

                by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 21 2016, @03:30PM (#391052)

                X comments , investigates , interacts with project Y because he knows Person. Ignores 100s of other contributors.

                X hires Y because he knows Person. Ignores 1000s of other job applications.

                It's only a matter of scale, the machinery is the same.

                • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 21 2016, @04:54PM

                  by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 21 2016, @04:54PM (#391081)

                  Your thinking is childish, as one would presume MikeeUSA's thinking is. Perhaps that's why MikeeUSA wants to have sex with children.

                  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 21 2016, @08:00PM

                    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 21 2016, @08:00PM (#391193)

                    An ad hominem is not a proper refutation.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 21 2016, @11:37AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 21 2016, @11:37AM (#390991)

        Opinion on it all?

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 21 2016, @10:50PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 21 2016, @10:50PM (#391308)

        > MikeeUSA - foliage system

        So he designed the bushes? Has he even seen a bush besides his own?

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 22 2016, @08:00AM

          by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 22 2016, @08:00AM (#391501)

          The system to place the bushes (and trees) around following a set of parameters.

          Think: 9 yr old girl is assigned to Man if girl is [pretty] and Man wants girl.

          >Has he even seen a bush besides his own?
          Someone who advocates a return to the child marraige of girls would welcome the chance to see a pubic-hair clad woman..
          Do you do logic? Have you ever written a line of code?

  • (Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 21 2016, @08:22AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 21 2016, @08:22AM (#390943)

    Maybe people are doing this because the system is so broken that many can't take it seriously. The FEC isn't helping to improve that here.

  • (Score: 2) by wonkey_monkey on Sunday August 21 2016, @09:15AM

    by wonkey_monkey (279) on Sunday August 21 2016, @09:15AM (#390957) Homepage

    Deez Nuts

    Who are deez nuts that are causing trouble? What about doze nuts?

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    • (Score: 2) by martyb on Sunday August 21 2016, @12:04PM

      by martyb (76) Subscriber Badge on Sunday August 21 2016, @12:04PM (#390998) Journal

      Deez Nuts

      Who are deez nuts that are causing trouble? What about doze nuts?

      So, you noticed the story's 'Dept line'?

      from the not-Deez-Nuts-—-Doze-Nuts! dept.

      =)

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