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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.
FEC Record articles inform candidates and committees about FEC developments and are published as news happens. Tips for Treasurers are published once a week.
If a campaign committee has net debts outstanding after an election is over, it may raise contributions to retire the debt provided that:
November 7, 2018, marked the beginning of a new election cycle. For reporting purposes, campaigns aggregate receipts and disbursements on an election cycle basis. As a result, all 2018 campaigns ...
The 30-Day Post-General Election report is due on December 6, 2018. The Post-General Election report covers activity from October 18 (or from the close of books of the last report ...
On November 14, 2018, the Commission will host a webinar to help candidate committees prepare to wind down their campaigns and file their 30 Day Post-General (30G) Reports. The workshop ...
Tuesday, November 6, is Election Day! While the FEC's mission relates solely to the financing of federal elections, we often get questions about other election-related topics, such as:
WASHINGTON -- The Federal Election Commission today cited 12 campaign committees for failing to file the 2018 12-Day Pre-General Report required by the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended ...
Under the Federal Election Campaign Act (the Act), information about individual contributors taken from FEC reports cannot be sold or used for soliciting contributions (including any political or charitable contribution ...
Advisory 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.
WASHINGTON - The Federal Election Commission today cited seven campaign committees for failing to file the 2018 October Quarterly Report required by the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended ...
PACs and parties are often confused by the last-minute reporting requirements discussed in last week's tip.
Keep in mind that PACs and party committees are not required to file 48-hour ...
For some committees, the pre-general report (see last week's tip) will be the final FEC filing required before Election Day. Many filers, however, may be required to submit additional notices ...
In an order dated September 24, 2018, the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida granted former Congressman David Rivera’s motion to dismiss the Commission’s ...
If you are a monthly filer* or an authorized committee of a candidate in the 2018 general election, the answer is automatically YES. If you are a quarterly-filing PAC or ...
On November 14, 2018, the Commission will host a webinar to help candidate committees prepare to wind down their campaigns and file their 30 Day Post-General (30G) Reports. The workshop ...