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Reporting: 14th District Illinois will hold a Special Election to fill U.S. House seat in Illinois’ 14th Congressional District formerly held by Representative Dennis Hastert. The Special Primary will be …
Read moreThis article on filing requirements for 2008 is supplemented by the reporting tables at the bottom of this article.
In addition to publishing this article and …
Read moreOn October 5, 2007, Gloria Hearn filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana challenging two administrative fines the Commission levied against her campaign …
Read moreOn December 5, 2007, the Commission filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against Jamie Jacob Morgan for failure to comply with the terms of …
Read moreOn December 14, 2007, the Commission elected David M. Mason as its Chairman for 2008.
Chairman Mason was appointed to the Commission on March 4, 1998, by President William Clinton …
Read moreOn December 14, 2007, the Commission voted to modify its regulations governing the funding of "electioneering communications" (ECs) by corporations and labor organizations and to apply the EC reporting and …
Read moreThe Federal Election Commission begins 2008 under unusual circumstances. The recess appointments of three FEC Commissioners expired at the end of 2007 without Senate confirmation. Another Commissioner departed the FEC …
Read moreOn January 2, 2008, FECFile Version 6.1.1.1, supported by a new electronic filing format (Version 6.1), will be available for download from the FEC Web site at https://transition.fec.gov/elecfil/updatelist.shtml. Any …
Read more. As you may know, the Senate has failed to confirm the appointments of four commissioners whose nominations were pending. As a result, the appointments of Commissioners Lenhard, Von Spakovsky …
Read moreNeed an update on the new bundling and travel provisions of the Honest Leadership & Government Act? Or does your staff need basic training on federal campaign finance law? Preferably …
Read moreWith the first Presidential primaries and caucuses less than a month away, the Commission has begun to receive questions about the filing requirements associated with these elections:
1. Where …