“People think the FEC is dysfunctional,” she added. “It’s worse than dysfunctional.”
By Mark Hensch
The head of the Federal Election Commission (FEC) said in an article published Sunday that her organization is powerless to safeguard against misconduct in 2016 presidential campaign fundraising and spending.
“The likelihood of the law being enforced is slim,” FEC Chairwoman Ann M. Ravel told The New York Times.
“I never want to give up, but I’m not under any illusions,” Ravel said.
“People think the FEC is dysfunctional,” she added. “It’s worse than dysfunctional.”
Ravel told the newspaper that the commission’s partisan gridlock is its fatal flaw. The agency’s six commissioners often find themselves locked in unbreakable ties along ideological lines, she added.
Ravel, a Democrat, vowed she would “bridge the partisan gap” upon becoming the agency’s leader last December. Five months later, she finds herself embroiled in the exact conflict she hoped to avoid.
“What’s really going on is that the Republican commissioners don’t want to enforce the law, except in the most obvious cases,” she told the Times.
https://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/fundraising/240896-fec-chief-we-cant-stop-2016-election-abuse
