Note: Mrs. Lefferts is of opinion that in the last 10 years the person who has won the mayoral election has spent over $1,000,000. THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE, Washington, D.C., February 15, 1974. To: The Honorable Walter Fauntroy, Attention: Harley Daniels. From: Sandra S. Osbourn, Analyst, Government and General Research Division (Kenneth E. Gray, Division Chief). Subject: Expenditures by Candidates for municipal office. This memorandum is being provided to you in response to your request for data on campaign expenditures by candidates for the mayor or the city council in eight cities. There is no national collection of such data, so it was necessary to call each of the cities. Because of the variations in local reporting requirements, the data is more complete for some cities than others, and was not available at all in three of the cities. Atlanta has no reporting requirements, so no official figures are available. Baltimore and Newark require the candidates to report their expenditures to the Clerk of the Circuit Court and the City Clerk respectively, but the figures are not compiled in a readily useable manner, and are not totalled. Spokesmen for both cities said that the only way to get the data that you requested would be an on-site visit and analysis of the reports. The following table provides expenditure data for the remaining five cities: Boston, Houston, Pittsburgh, Seattle, and St. Louis. HOUSTON 1973 Election (Combined Total for Primary and General Elections): Source: Reports to Allegheny County Board of Elections. 1973 General Election: Mayor: Uhlman Tuai City Council: No. 1 Ravel.. Cooley No. 2 Larkin.. Behrend.. City Council: No. 3 Williams. Pritchard. SEATTLE No. 4 Benson_ 791 Total_-_ 332, 554 Source: Reports to the Fair Campaign Practices Commission. ST. LOUIS 1973 Mayoral Election (Primary, General Election Totals Not Available): In most cases, the actual expenditures were probably higher than the figures listed above, since the totals did not reflect committee contributions, or outstanding debts. Therefore, these figures are not definitive, and should be used with some caution. I hope that this information will be helpful to you. If I can be of any further assistance, please feel free to call me at 426–5826. 1. A brochure was sent to all D.C. residents (no envelopes): Breakdown of costs for brochure: Printing. $5, 500 Postage (bulk rate) 16, 000 Processing (processing was done by a mailing firm because Board of Elections did not have listing of all residents).. 3,000 Total_ 24, 500 2. A sample ballot will be sent to every registered voter next week. The ballot is required by law and will give the precinct, ward, location of precinct, and voting hours. Breakdown of costs for ballot (no envelopes): Printing Postage (approximation--Bd. of Elections will not have exact figures until final count of registered voters). Total___ $14,000 26, 500 40, 500 3. The Board of Elections has never used straight mailing in the past. Postcards have been used instead. INDEX Adequacy of present law. Candidates- 2, 6, 68, 69, 86, 96, 138, 162, 210 3, 8, 69, 70, 72, 74, 75, 77, 92, 96, 97, 98, 102, 103, 138, 149, 185, 207 108, 148 83, 87 Cash contributions, limits - Central Campaign Committee. 7, 8, 70, 83, 99, 100, 105, 119, 121, 133, 135, 141, 152, 157, 167, Comptroller General of the United States - 2, 3, 4, 108ff, 119, 157, 186 Contributions, limit on amount that can be contributed. 6, 67, 88, 114, 122, 165 Prohibit use of funds. Permissible activities. Counsel for Election Board. Courts, enforcement. Delegate to the House- Depository bank 6, 9, 91, 126, 149, 165, 192 9, 67, 76, 106 4, 78, 115, 124 14, 97, 120, 146 3, 7, 69, 72, 133, 166 Disclosure of personal finances. Effective date__ Exemptions. Expenditures: 4, 123, 180 7, 70, 87, 120 Limit on amount that can be spent--- 4, 6, 8, 14, 80, 87, 88, 112, 207, 211ff Public financing- Reports: 9, 76, 106 86, 90, 105, 124, 155, 171 1, 7, 9, 68, 79, 82, 83, 93, 94, 129, 140, 141, 147, 154, 158, 167, 178, Frequency and number. Other committees report to candidate_ TV. 6, 7, 68, 112, 118, 122, 151, 157, 164 (241) |