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Federal Election Commission | United States of America

Requests for consideration of legal questions by the Commission

Revisions to the Legal Question Resolution Program took effect on June 1, 2024. The Legal Question Program in effect before that date will continue to apply to audits that began before that date. At the conclusion of the last audit to be commenced before June 1, 2024, the Legal Question Resolution Program will no longer apply for any purpose to audits. For more information, please read this Record article.

The program for requesting consideration of legal questions by the Commission provides a means by which persons and entities that have been asked to take corrective action by the Reports Analysis Division or the Audit Division may seek Commission consideration if a material dispute on a question of law exists relating to the corrective action requested. For more details about how the process works, as well as the types of legal questions that the Commission will consider under the program, please review this Policy Statement (July 29, 2019) and this Notice of Agency Procedure (May 12, 2023). Previous versions of this Policy Statement appear on the Policy and other guidance page.

Submit a request

All requests, including any extension requests, must be received by the Commission within 15 business days of the Audit Division's or Reports Analysis Division's determination that corrective action must be taken. Please review the Commission's Policy Statement to learn how the Commission defines "determination."

All requests should be directed to the attention of the Commission Secretary. To ensure timely receipt and consideration requestors are encouraged to submit comments electronically via email to:

Alternatively, requests may be submitted in paper form to:

U.S. Postal Service
Federal Election Commission
Attn: Commission Secretary
1050 First Street, NE
Washington, DC 20463

Delivery services
(For example, FedEx, UPS, DHL)
Federal Election Commission
Attn: Commission Secretary
1050 First Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002

To submit requests electronically:

  1. Create the request in PDF or Word* document format.
  2. Attach the request in an email to LegalRequestProgram@fec.gov.

* You can use Microsoft Word to save as PDF format.

This information is not intended to replace the law or to change its meaning, nor does this information create or confer any rights for or on any person or bind the Federal Election Commission or the public.

The reader is encouraged also to consult the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended (52 U.S.C. 30101 et seq.), Commission regulations (Title 11 of the Code of Federal Regulations), Commission advisory opinions and applicable court decisions.