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FEC offers real-time, searchable information on indendent expenditures (PDF)

If you are a monthly filing committee, or an authorized committee of a candidate in the 2010 general election, the answer is automatically YES. If you are a quarterly filing …

The FEC’s Reports Analysis Division (RAD) and Electronic Filing Office will be open until 8:00 p.m. (EDT) on Friday, October 15, to help committees complete and file their quarterly reports. …

During the 2011-12 election cycle, the FEC plans to modify and expand its outreach efforts to offer more opportunities for training on the campaign finance laws at less cost to …

On November 17, 2010, the Commission will hold a roundtable workshop to help candidate committees prepare to file their 30 Day Post-General (30G) Report and wind down their campaigns. The …

On October 6, 2010, the Commission will host roundtable workshops on reporting and electronic filing. The reporting sessions will address common filing problems and provide answers to questions committees may …

The Commission cited four campaign committees for failing to file the 12-Day Pre-Primary Election Report required by the Federal Election Campaign Act for the Maryland, Massachusetts and New York primary …

An independent expenditure is an expenditure for a communication, such as a website, newspaper, television or direct mail ad that:

• Expressly advocates the election or defeat of a clearly identified …

FEC regulations provide an exemption that allows certain nonprofit organizations and the news media to stage debates, without being deemed to have made prohibited corporate contributions to the candidates taking  …

For each type of committee, a Campaign Guide explains, in clear English, the complex regulations regarding the activity of political committees. It shows readers, for example, how to fill out …

On September 10, 2010, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld several provisions of the Federal Election Campaign Act (the Act) relating to political parties’ contribution limits …

A candidate who made undesignated contributions to his authorized campaign committee and is not a candidate in the general election may receive refunds, even though the contributions were reported as …

Use FEC Faxline to obtain FEC material fast. It operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Hundreds of FEC documents— reporting forms, brochures, FEC regulations—can be faxed almost …

The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) may use its recount funds before the general election to pay expenses incurred preparing for possible general election recounts. Additionally, the DSCC may allocate …

The FEC’s Reports Analysis Division (RAD) and Electronic Filing Office will be open until 8:00 p.m. (EDT) on Friday, October 15, to help committees complete and file their quarterly reports. …

The FEC’s Law Library is making available case-bound copies of the Legal History of the Presidential Election Campaign Fund Act in two volumes. Compiled and printed by agency staff in …