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WASHINGTON—At its open meeting today, the Federal Election Commission elected Vice Chair Ellen L. Weintraub as Chair and Commissioner James E. “Trey” Trainor, III as Vice Chairman for 2025.

Vice …

WASHINGTON – At its open meeting today, the Federal Election Commission approved an advisory opinion, a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding requests to modify or redact certain contributor information, a …

Updated 12/11/2024 to reflect the fact that Special Primary Elections will be held in both the 1st and 6th districts.

Florida has scheduled special elections to fill the U.S. House …

Year-End Reports are due January 31, 2025. To help committees prepare to file their reports, the Commission will host reporting and FECFile webinars for PACs and party committees on Wednesday, …

The Commission will offer its annual Year-End Reporting and FECFile workshops in January 2025. The webinars for political action committees (PACs) and party committees will be held on January 15, …

On November 13, 2024, the Commission voted to eliminate the requirement that the principal campaign committee of a candidate with multiple authorized committees report consolidated information on Form 3Z.

When …

On November 26, 2024, the Commission published a notification of availability in the Federal Register at 89 Fed. Reg. 93224 that seeks public comment on a petition for rulemaking submitted …

The arrival of the holiday season offers little respite from FEC filing obligations. Just one week after Thanksgiving, all PACs, party committees and 2024 general election candidates must file a …

On November 13, 2024, the Commission approved a determination that August 22, 2024 was the date of ineligibility for matching funds payments for Jill Stein and Jill Stein for President …

With the election behind us, some committees may be ready to close down their operations. To terminate, a committee must:

• No longer receive (or intend to receive) contributions;
• No longer …

On November 20, 2024, 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 will …

The 30-Day Post-General report is due on December 5, 2024. The Post-General report covers activity from October 17 (or from the close of books of the last report filed) through …

November 6, 2024, marks the beginning of a new election cycle. For reporting purposes, campaigns aggregate receipts and disbursements on an election cycle basis. As a result, all 2024 …

On November 1, 2024, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia denied the DCCC's request to consolidate its motion for a preliminary injunction with trial on the …