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Ready for Ron (R4R), a hybrid committee that has collected the names and contact information of thousands of potential supporters in a petition encouraging Governor Ron DeSantis (the Governor) to …
Read moreThe Commission now has available printed copies of the 2022 edition of Title 11 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). If you’d like to order a free copy, please …
Read moreCommittees must file the following reports in October:
WASHINGTON – At its open meeting today, the Federal Election Commission discussed an advisory opinion request. Prior to the meeting, the Commission approved an advisory opinion, an Audit Division Recommendation …
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Printed copies of the 2022 edition of Title 11 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) are now available. Contact the Commission's Information Division at 202-694-1100 or 800-424-9530 (menu option …
Read moreLocal party organizations may support federal candidates using federally-permissible funds, but must register with the Commission if they exceed any of the following thresholds within a calendar year:
Maggie for NH (the committee), the principal campaign committee of Sen. Maggie Hassan, may send short code text messages containing links to "split-it" fundraising pages without triggering joint fundraising rules …
Read moreA Senator’s principal campaign committee may use campaign funds to pay the costs of reasonable cybersecurity measures to protect the Senator’s home network without such payments constituting impermissible conversion of …
Read moreThe FEC will host Reporting and FECFile Webinars for political action committees (PACs) and party committees on Wednesday, September 28, while the training for candidate committees will take place on …
Read moreWASHINGTON – At its open meeting today, the Federal Election Commission approved an advisory opinion and voted on, but did not approve, another response to an advisory opinion request by …
Read morePursuant to provisions of law recently invalidated by the Supreme Court, an authorized committee may reinstate and repay candidate loans that it previously converted to candidate contributions. The committee …
Read moreA separate segregated fund’s (SSF) sponsoring connected organization may use a payroll deduction system to collect and forward contributions from members of its restricted class. SSFs report receiving individual contributions …
Read moreOn September 8, 2022, the Commission published a Request for Additional Comment in the Federal Register at 87 Fed. Reg. 54915 that seeks additional public comment on previously proposed rules …
Read morePursuant to the Supreme Court's decision in FEC v. Ted Cruz for Senate, the Commission is removing regulatory restrictions on authorized committees' repayment of candidate personal loans.
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Read moreCongressional candidates collected $2.4 billion and disbursed $1.8 billion, political parties received $ 1.4 billion and spent $ 1.1 billion, and political action committees (PACs) raised $5.5 billion and spent …
Read moreUnder the circumstances presented, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and Democratic National Committee (the committees) may retain and use contributions that their vendor failed to deposit within 10 days of …
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