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Registration has begun for several roundtable workshops being held this fall. Subjects covered include pre-election communications, FEC reporting and electronic filing. For more information, visit our Educational Outreach page.

The Commission has launched a new web page designed to provide comprehensive coverage of the latest legal developments on key campaign finance issues. Currently, the page includes information regarding the …

The Commission annually publishes an alphabetical listing of acronyms, abbreviations and common names of political action committees (PACs). 

For each PAC listed, the index provides the full name of the …

Candidate committees that receive an excessive contribution can remedy the violation by obtaining a redesignation or reattribution of the excessive amount. This article answers common questions regarding how and when …

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 …

On September 15, 2010, the Commission will host a roundtable workshop to review the rules and reporting requirements for specific types of pre-election communications, including: 

• Electioneering communications disseminated within 60 …

The Commission cited several campaign committees for failing to file the 12-Day Pre-Election Reports required by the Federal Election Campaign Act (the Act). 

Georgia pre-primary report 

The Commission cited one …

West Virginia will hold a Special Election to fill the vacant U.S. Senate seat held by the late Robert Byrd. The Special Primary will be held on August 28, 2010, …

In the December 7, 2009, Federal Register, the Commission published final rules governing campaign travel on noncommercial aircraft and stated that it would publish a separate notice announcing the effective …

A nonconnected committee, established solely to make independent expenditures, may solicit and accept unlimited contributions from individuals, political committees, corporations and labor organizations. 

Background 

Commonsense Ten (the “Committee”) is a …

A separate segregated fund (SSF) making independent expenditures for various ads that expressly advocate the election or defeat of one or more federal candidates, and that sometimes identify their opponents, …

A nonprofit corporation may establish and administer a political committee that plans to make only independent expenditures. The committee may solicit and accept unlimited contributions from individuals in the general …

On July 1, 2010, the Commission adopted a pilot program to provide a means for early review of legal questions arising during the report review and audit processes.

Under the …