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Commission staff will host two 90-minute FECFile webinars on Wednesday, April 1. The Candidate Committees webinar will begin at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time, followed by the PACs and Party Committees …
The Commission will hold a one-day online seminar for political party committees on April 22, 2020. FEC staff will conduct several technical workshops on the federal campaign finance laws affecting …
On March 13, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia affirmed the district court’s grant of summary judgment for the Commission in Campaign Legal Center, …
The following reports are due in April:
As states postpone congressional and presidential primary elections to limit possible COVID-19 exposure, the Commission is updating the reporting dates and deadlines associated with those elections. For more information and …
As states postpone congressional and presidential primary elections to limit possible COVID-19 exposure, the Commission is updating the reporting dates and deadlines associated with those elections. These postponements affect pre-election …
Monthly filers have a report due, Friday, March 20, covering the month of February. Quarterly filers do not have a regularly scheduled report due this month, but if they …
WASHINGTON – The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit today issued a Judgment, Per Curiam Opinion, and Order in Campaign Legal Center, et …
WASHINGTON -- The Federal Election Commission cited six campaign committees today for failing to file the 12-Day Pre-Primary Report required by the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended …
The Commission will offer two electronic filing webinars on April 1, 2020, to help candidate committees, political action committees and parties prepare to file their April disclosure reports.
During the …
Georgia has scheduled special elections to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Senator Johnny Isakson. The special general election will be held on November 3, 2020, and the special …
Due to high demand for the March 18 Independent Expenditures Webinar, the Commission has added a second session on March 19 at 1:00 p.m. Eastern.
During the interactive webinar, FEC …
WASHINGTON -- The Federal Election Commission cited a campaign committee today for failing to file the 12-Day Pre-Primary Report required by the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended …
On February 27, 2020, the Campaign Legal Center (plaintiff) filed suit against the FEC in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (the court). The plaintiff seeks …
The FEC's March 18 webinar on independent expenditures is nearly sold out. As a result, the Commission has decided to repeat that webinar on Thursday, March 19. Both sessions will …