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Weekly Digests are published every Friday and summarize the week's publicly disclosed activity. Press releases are published as news happens.
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The Commission will host a Virtual Conference on November 16-17, 2021. During this two-day training event, Commissioners and FEC staff will conduct a variety of technical workshops on the federal …
Read moreCommittees and their treasurers must make best efforts to obtain, maintain and report information required by law with respect to itemized receipts and disbursements. When reporting information is incomplete, the …
Read moreOn Wednesday, October 27, the Commission will offer a webinar for first-time candidates and potential candidates, as well as their campaign staff. “Candidate 101: Getting Started” will provide an introduction …
Read moreThe Commission is hosting two webinars this month to assist candidates and their campaign committees as they prepare to file their October Quarterly Reports.
On September 29, staff from the …
Read moreThe Commission will host two online discussions this month to assist potential candidates and campaign committees. On September 15, FEC staff will lead a discussion on testing the waters for …
Read moreAdvisory opinion requests (AORs) pending before the Commission as of the end of the month are listed. Procedures for commenting on pending AORs are described here.
State and local party committees may take advantage of certain exemptions for activities that benefit candidates but do not result in contributions or expenditures. Exempt party activities allow state and …
Read moreThe Commission will offer reporting and FECFile webinars on September 29 to help federal candidates and their campaign committees prepare to file their October 15 Quarterly Reports.
The reporting session …
Read moreThe Commission has posted on its website examples of various disclaimers required on public communications disseminated by candidate committees, party committees, PACs, and other organizations and individuals. Examples include different …
Read moreOn August 9, 2021, End Citizens United PAC (Plaintiff) filed suit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to challenge the dismissal of its administrative complaints …
Read morePACs, political parties, and presidential campaign committees that file monthly have a report due Friday, August 20, covering the month of July. (Note: PACs and party committees that filed …
Read moreOn August 11, 2021, the Commission considered an advisory opinion request from Congressman Scott Fitzgerald. The request asked if the Congressman’s state campaign committee is affiliated with his federal leadership …
Read moreWASHINGTON – The Federal Election Commission today voted on two draft advisory opinions but was unable to reach consensus.
Advisory Opinion Request 2021-08 (Fitzgerald). The Commission discussed and voted …
Read moreThe FEC has released new versions of its free electronic filing software, FECFile (8.3.0.3), its e-filing format specifications (8.3.0.1), and its Statement of Organization (FEC Form 1) webform. …
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