Subject: [big campaign] Fwd: One Wisconsin Now Files Federal Elections Commission Complaint Against Rep. Paul Ryan
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From: Scot Ross, One WI Now <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 1:00 PM
Subject: One Wisconsin Now Files Federal Elections Commission Complaint
Against Rep. Paul Ryan
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*For Immediate Release
October 10, 2012*
*Contact: Mike Browne
Phone: (608) 444-3483*

 One Wisconsin Now Files Federal Elections Commission Complaint Against
Rep. Paul Ryan *Asks for Determination Ryan Improperly Using Congressional
Campaign Funds to Boost GOP Presidential Ticket in Key Swing State
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Madison -- One Wisconsin Now today filed a complaint with the Federal
Elections Commission alleging U.S. Representative and GOP Vice Presidential
candidate Paul Ryan is improperly using Congressional campaign funds to
boost the Republican Presidential ticket. Ryan, who has claimed he has a
25-point lead in the U.S. House race according to a poll released by his
campaign, is pouring at least $2 million into television ads, in which the
candidate never mentions he is running for Congress, in the two largest
media markets in the state.

“Wisconsin is widely considered to be a key swing state in the presidential
election, and many pundits and political observers viewed the selection of
Ryan as an attempt to boost the GOP campaign here. I don’t think they had
in mind Ryan would possibly violate federal campaign finance laws to do
it,” commented One Wisconsin Now Executive Director Scot Ross.

According to the FEC’s 2011 publication Congressional Candidates and
Committees, “No transfers of funds or assets may be made between a
candidate’s separate campaign committees while the candidate is 'actively
seeking' more than one office at the same time. 110.3(c)(5) and
110.8(d)(2).”

Ross said, “It’s perfectly legal for Paul Ryan to run for Congress and
Vice-President at the same time. But he crosses a legal line if, as it
appears with his television ads, he uses congressional campaign funds to
promote his run on the GOP presidential ticket.”

In the complaint filed with the FEC, One Wisconsin Now noted that:

   - The $2 million television ad buy in the two largest media markets in
   Wisconsin roughly double the largest amount spent on TV ads by the campaign
   over the last decade;
   - Ryan is making this buy despite the district being made considerably
   “safer” for Republicans after redistricting and after releasing of a poll
   commissioned by the campaign reporting Ryan held a 25 point (58-33)
   advantage; and
   - In none of the five ads released to date by the campaign, all
   featuring Congressman Ryan talking to the camera, does the candidate
   mention he is currently a U.S. Representative, running for re-election to
   that office or make an appeal to voters for their support in his election
   for U.S. Representative.

Ross concluded, “The tactics employed by Ryan with his television
advertising are totally consistent with the entire Romney-Ryan campaign
strategy saying one thing, like ‘protecting’ Medicaid or creating
opportunity for the middle class, while the truth is decidedly different
and destructive to the middle class.”

A copy of the letter sent to the Federal Election Commission Wednesday by
One Wisconsin Now, is available
here<http://onewisconsinnow.pnstate.org/site/R?i=loXqqzAZ4KNwPtZJTWcnKg>
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