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Monthly filers have a report due on Monday, May 20th covering the month of April. Please note that the FEC does not have authority to extend filing deadlines, so filers …

WASHINGTON – The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit today issued an Order in CREW, et al. v. FEC (Case No. 17-5049), denying a petition …

WASHINGTON – The United States District Court for the District of Columbia today issued a Memorandum Opinion and Order in Brown, et al. v. FEC (Case No. 19-1021).

Federal candidates cannot use campaign funds to pay for personal expenses—i.e., any expense that would exist irrespective of their candidacy or duties as a federal officeholder. Recently, a number of …

WASHINGTON – The Federal Election Commission at its open meeting today approved a list of future meeting dates for 2019. It also discussed two advisory opinion requests and a motion …

On April 24, 2019, Giffords, a 501(c)(4) organization founded and led by former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, filed suit in the U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia to …

On Wednesday, May 22, Commission staff will conduct online workshops for political party committees. Beginners are encouraged to attend both the morning presentation on the basics of the law …

On May 2, the Commission published a notice of interim final rules on the point of entry for FEC reports in the Federal Register (84 Fed. Reg. 18697). The interim …

OsiaNetwork LLC may provide services to political committees to permit individuals to use their internet-enabled devices to participate in cryptocurrency mining pools to benefit those committees. Individuals’ participation in the …

The Commission will hold a one-day online seminar for federal candidates and their campaign committees on June 12, 2019. Commission staff will conduct several technical workshops on the federal campaign …

Advisory opinion requests (AORs) pending before the Commission as of the end of the month are listed. Procedures for commenting on pending AORs are described here.

• AOR 2018-12
  Provision …

On April 11, 2019, Leigh Brown and Leigh Brown & Associates (plaintiffs) filed suit against the Commission. Brown is a candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in the May …

An SSF may sponsor an event for a candidate to which the general public is invited and may pay the costs of the event as an in-kind contribution to the …

WASHINGTON – The Federal Election Commission held a preliminary discussion of the Special Counsel’s report on the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and approved an advisory …

Printed copies of the 2019 edition of Federal Election Campaign Laws are now available from the Commission. The compilation contains all federal campaign finance statutes, along with a conversion table …

The limits on contributions to candidates apply separately to each federal election in which the candidate participates, including any special elections. In fact, a special election itself may involve separate …