NY-23: Scozzafava Getting Obliterated in Late Fundraising

[ccharles000]

A few questions have come up about the FEC's so-called "48-hour reports." They're actually pretty simple. From a PDF on the FEC's website:

Who Must File FEC Form 6

Principal campaign committees must file 48-hour notices on contributions of $1,000 or more received after the 20th day, but more than 48 hours, before 12:01 a.m. of the day of any election in which the candidate participates. ...

When to File

FEC Form 6 must be received by the federal and state (where required) filing offices within 48 hours after acampaign's receipt of any contribution of $1,000 or more received after the 20th day, but more than 48 hours before, the date of any election in which the candidate participates.

The candidates in NY-23 have been filing 48-hour reports since the close of the reporting period for their "pre-special" fundraising reports, Oct. 15th. But because the 48-hour reports have to be filed very quickly, all three campaigns had already posted a bunch of them before they were required to file their pre-special reports. We gathered those numbers in the right-hand column of the chart in this post.

As you can see from the link, Bill Owens was already kicking ass in this department as of last Thursday. But since then, the disparity has grown much, much greater. Both Owens and Hoffman have each filed three new 48-hour reports; Scozzafava, by contrast, has filed just one. The overall tally is therefore no surprise:

Owens: $73,100
Hoffman: $43,100
Dede: $ 2,000

http://www.swingstateproject.com/diary/5798/ny23-scozzafava-getting-obliterated-in-late-fundraising

[ellenfl]

1. background? is this a good thing for us or a bad thing? not enough info. eom