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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. Access Record articles from 1975 through 2004 on the Record archive page. Tips for Treasurers are published once a week.
A local party committee’s mass mailing and pre-recorded, electronically dialed telephone calls to the party’s registered voters do not constitute get-out-the-vote activity (GOTV) or federal election activity (FEA), because they …
Read moreWholly-owned domestic subsidiaries of a foreign corporation may donate funds in connection with state and local elections, subject to state law, as long as no foreign national participates in decision-making …
Read moreThe FEC continues to update and expand its Enforcement Query System (EQS), a webbased search tool that allows users to find and examine public documents regarding closed Commission enforcement matters. …
Read moreCommittees filing on a quarterly basis have a report due by July 15. The report covers financial activity from April 1—or the day after the closing date of the last …
Read moreOn June 8, 2006, the Commission published final rules and explanation and justification governing coordinated communications. (71 FR 33190) The rules, which take effect on July 10, comply with the …
Read moreThe Commission has waived the July Quarterly report for candidates in Georgia, Kansas, Oklahoma and Tennessee. Those campaigns--and other quarterly filers that have made contributions/expenditures in connection with those primaries--must …
Read moreMake sure you're up-to-date on all the latest campaign finance rules by attending an FEC roundtable workshop. The Commission will host a workshop for campaign committees this Wednesday, June 21, …
Read moreQuarterly filers have a report due Saturday, July 15, 2006, and monthly filers have a report due on Thursday, July 20, 2006. Please note that the Commission does not have …
Read moreFinal rules on coordinated communications [PDF] have been published in today's Federal Register. Among other things, the new rules modify the content standard by adjusting the 120-day pre-election time period …
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