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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.
This article highlights some basic rules for candidates and campaign committees as they prepare for the 2020 elections.
Under federal law, an individual becomes a “candidate” when he ...
An entity (including, a corporation, union or partnership) may provide candidates, parties and PACs with free legal and accounting services without the services resulting in a contribution as long as ...
Congressional candidates running in 2017 and 2018 collected $2.8 billion and disbursed $2.7 billion, political parties received $1.6 billion and spent $1.5 billion, and political action ...
North Carolina has scheduled special elections to fill the 3rd Congressional District House seat of the late Representative Walter B. Jones, Jr. The Special Primary will be April 30, 2019 ...
Protected Voices is an FBI initiative, coordinated with DHS and ODNI, to mitigate the risk of cyber influence operations targeting U.S. elections. As part of Protected Voices, the FBI ...
Before deciding to campaign for federal office, an individual may want to "test the waters"—in other words, explore the feasibility of becoming a candidate. An individual who spends money ...
The Commission offers many online resources to help treasurers file their FEC reports.
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.
On February 28, 2019, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia dismissed a suit brought against the Commission by Representative Ted Lieu, Representative Walter Jones, Senator Jeff ...
WASHINGTON – The United States District Court for the District of Columbia on Thursday issued a Memorandum Opinion and Order in Lieu, et al. v. FEC (Case 1:16-cv-02201), granting the ...
The Commission will hold a one-day online seminar for membership organizations, labor organizations, and their political action committees (PACs) on March 27, 2019. Commission staff will conduct several technical workshops ...
On Wednesday, February 27, Commission staff will conduct a series of online workshops for corporations and their PACs. Beginners are encouraged to attend both the morning presentation on the basics ...
On December 21, 2018, President Trump signed legislation (H.R. 7120, Pub. Law No. 115-386) that officially extends the Commission’s Administrative Fine Program for late- and non-filed reports for ...
Federal political committees may raise funds with one or more other political committees or unregistered organizations subject to the FEC’s joint fundraising rules.
The FEC’s website provides important ...