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THE BATTALION MONDAY, JANUARY 29, 1979 Page 7 Organized staff is essential Plan your campaign soon (well By SCOTT PENDLETON Battalion Staff “Government at all levels is suffering from a lack of trust, Penny eaumont, president of the League of Women Voters of Brazos ounty, said at a forum on elections Saturday. The only way to solve the trust problem, Beaumont said, is to get more people to support political candidates or to be candidates them- elves. But anyone planning to tun for a council or school board position in ryan or College Station this spring should organize his campaign in advance, Beaumont advised. A potential candidate should decide how campaigning will affect > family life. Perhaps it will be an overcommitment, Beaumont aid. But once he has decided to run, the candidate should “plan, plan, ^ind plan some more, Beaumont said. A candidate should realize that he can’t run his campaign alone; he [should find a campaign manager, she said. "Your campaign manager must be able to put in long hours and put up with lots of telephone calls at all hours, Beaumont said. A candidate also needs a finance chairman to raise funds, file con tribution reports and handle expenditures. A research assistant can help a candidate by discovering issues in the community. A public relations director handles all the publicity for a candidate, Beaumont said. Since the campaign will use promotional materials such as bumper stickers and placards, it is helpful to find a public relations director who is familiar with the printing business, Beau mont said. Once a candidate has a staff, he must decide what kind of volunteer activities to pursue, such as canvassing, campaigning door-to-door, or campaigning by telephone. Beaumont recommends recruiting volunteers from groups in the community. Students, senior citizens, and members of civic groups are potential volunteers. Since a civic group is unlikely to furnish anyone with its membership list, a candidate or his staff member should attend one of the group’s meetings to establish contact, Beaumont said. After recruiting volunteers, a candidate must give them something to do immediately, Beaumont said. “Nothing is worse than volunteering in a great burst of enthusiasm and then not hearing anything (from the campaign headquarters) for two or three weeks,” Beaumont said. Volunteers need something specific to do, as well as a place, a time, a reason, a way to have fun, a deadline, and — most important — recognition. “You’ve got to tell them thank you a lot, Beaumont said. Showing appreciation is also important after the election. “Win or lose, you’ve got to thank those people again, Beaumont said. “You may need these folks again.” an aban- night, ,1a he blaze Lesehp«r Jt, bey carefully campaign laws :or contributions, expenditures iUC! Id address said local forum i /on mig - you take our hat in vhere yon 1 then tel arise they linion be- onality or lampion a ivthingto sition ; as being t in issue istituencv you know shouldn t or news- uilyze the each. For mid most ing space than the) Conimis- candidate mgh they ;sible un co uld also a hot air :lia. er you ve ne of the most common mis- s political candidates make is to their filing fee before they file he name of their campaign trea- [er. his constitutes an illegal cam- ;n expenditure under the Texas fetion Codes, said Ramon Dasch ihe Secretary of State’s office in itin. lasch spoke Saturday at a forum [running for office sponsored by League of Women Voters of [zos County. candidate may neither accept ipaign contributions nor make nditures until that name has leln filed with the clerk of the iper authority, Dasch said. A lidate may be his own treasurer, must still file as such. Candidates, office holders, and litical committees must also file ic contribution and expenditure orts, Dasch said. [he first must be filed not later 30 days prior to the election, period covered begins on the of the campaign treasurer’s de lation and ends on and includes ic40th day prior to the election. The second report must be filed not later than seven days before the election. It covers the 39th day up to and including the 10th day before the election. The last report must be filed not later than 30 days after the election. It must include from the ninth day 7 before to the 25th day following the election. The reports must state the dates, amounts, full names, and complete addresses of each person from whom contributions in an aggregate amount of more than $50 was re ceived or borrowed during the ap propriate reporting period, Dasch said. The report must also state the dates, amounts, full names, and complete addresses of all persons to whom any expenditures aggregating more than $50 were made during the appropriate reporting period, and the purpose of the expendi tures, he said. These reports are public record, and should be available to the public immediately upon receipt, Dasch said. Dasch emphasized that the can-, didate must sign his own statement of contributions and expenditures. The treasurer is not authorized to sign for him. It is illegal for a corporation or labor organization to contribute to a candidate, Dasch said. Nor may candidates accept anonymous contributions. "Dirty tricks’ are also outlawed, Dasch said. For instance, no con tributions or expenditures may be made in the name of another per son. And all advertisements must say “political and disclose the name of the person who contracted for the advertisement. No political communications may be made in the name of another, nor may such communications be mis- representative. Dasch gave the example of “John Brown, Governor when the ad should read “John Brown for Governor.” But Dasch admitted that this kind of misrepre sentation is so widespread as to be unenforceable. The penalties for violations of the election code can lie high. Persons knowingly making or receiving an unlawful contribution or who fail to provide political disclosure on an advertisement are guilty of a class A misdemeanor, punishable by a $1,000 fine and a year in jail, Dasch said. To knowingly make or accept an illegal corporate contribution or to place a false advertisement is a 3rd degree felony, punishable by a $5,000 fine and 2-10 years in jail, he said. tactics. MSC Political Forum’s Washington D.C. 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Watch for cheating at polls By KAREN ROGERS Battalion Staff A candidate can do several things to insure voting procedures are car ried out correctly both on and be fore election day, said Fumi Sugih- ara, state voting rights chairman for the League of Women Voters. “Candidates should have one of their workers start checking now to be sure voters are registered in the correct precincts. Voters who are not registered correctly will not be able to vote,” Sugihara said at a LWV forum in Bryan Saturday. “Encourage your supporters to vote absentee, but assign a poll watcher or someone to go through the absentee applications to be sure it is being done properly and is not abused. “The processing of absentee mail ballots has been abused before. The candidate should have someone there while they are being pro cessed. Practice computer runs can be done two days prior to the elections to insure that the computer is count ing the ballots correctly,’ she said. “Since the programs and ballots are handled by humans, they are subject to human error,” Sugihara said. “We have found program er rors in this county. Candidates may protect them selves on election day by posting poll watchers to observe balloting procedures. “The presence, of poll watchers decreases the possibility of flagrant violations,” Sugihara said. Candidates should post poll watchers who know the election laws at each precinct voting box to protect their interests. “There have been some eases of persons who handle the ballot box having prearranged hand signals. If their candidate is losing, they will signal to go out and round up more voters. The ballots should never be handled unless two or more people are present.” If a poll watcher discovers a viola tion in a federal election, he should write a detailed description and re port it to either the local FBI or the Justice Department. He should re port violations of local elections to the sheriff’s office or precinct judge, Sugihara said. The worker at the counting sta tion on election night should wit ness the acceptance of the ballots from each precinct and tally the votes on the printout to be sure all ballots were counted. If he finds an irregularity, he should report it to the election judge. Since the ballots may not be ex amined until after the election is over, Sugihara warns poll watchers “to be sure you have enough evi dence before you go public.” SHIRTS + 693-9308 Woodstone Center 907 Harvey Rd. 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