Coordinated communications periods: national party nominating conventions (2024)
When a person pays for a communication that is coordinated with a candidate, a candidate’s authorized committee, or their agents, or a political party committee or its agents, the communication is considered an in-kind contribution to that candidate or party committee and is subject to the limits, prohibitions and reporting requirements of the federal campaign finance law. FEC regulations establish a three-prong test to determine whether a communication is coordinated. All three prongs of the test—payment, content and conduct—must be met for a communication to be deemed coordinated and thus an in-kind contribution.
One provision identifies certain pre-election time frames during which a public communication that references a candidate will satisfy the content prong of the coordination test.
The following chart provides a breakdown of the 120-day coordinated communications (CC) periods for the 2024 national party presidential nominating conventions.
NOTE: For communications that refer to both a party and a clearly identified federal candidate please consult the regulations at 11 CFR 109.21(c)(4)(i)-(iv).
Coordinated communications periods for national party nominating conventions
| Party | Convention dates | CC period (120-days prior through date of general election) | Democratic | 08/19/2024 - 08/22/2024 | 04/24/2024 - 11/05/2024 | Republican | 07/15/2024 - 07/18/2024 | 03/20/2024 - 11/05/2024 |
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