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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. Tips for Treasurers are published once a week.
To close down committee operations, a committee must file a termination report. To file a termination report, a committee must:
The same disclaimer rules that apply to election-related mailings also apply to holiday greeting cards, even if they do not solicit funds or contain express advocacy. If a campaign sends ...
All PACs, party committees and 2018 general election candidates must file a Post-General Report (30G) by Thursday, December 6. This report covers activity from the close of books for your ...
Candidates who personally loaned their campaign more than $250,000 for the 2018 general election and would like to be repaid in full have until November 26, 2018 to obtain ...
If a campaign committee has net debts outstanding after an election is over, it may raise contributions to retire the debt provided that:
November 7, 2018, marked the beginning of a new election cycle. For reporting purposes, campaigns aggregate receipts and disbursements on an election cycle basis. As a result, all 2018 campaigns ...
On November 14, 2018, the Commission will host a webinar to help candidate committees prepare to wind down their campaigns and file their 30 Day Post-General (30G) Reports. The workshop ...
Tuesday, November 6, is Election Day! While the FEC's mission relates solely to the financing of federal elections, we often get questions about other election-related topics, such as:
PACs and parties are often confused by the last-minute reporting requirements discussed in last week's tip.
Keep in mind that PACs and party committees are not required to file 48-hour ...
For some committees, the pre-general report (see last week's tip) will be the final FEC filing required before Election Day. Many filers, however, may be required to submit additional notices ...
If you are a monthly filer* or an authorized committee of a candidate in the 2018 general election, the answer is automatically YES. If you are a quarterly-filing PAC or ...
Quarterly filers have a report due Monday, October 15, and monthly filers have a report due Saturday, October 20. For additional information, please consult the October reporting reminder in the ...
As a result of a court decision in CREW v. FEC, certain independent expenditure disclosure requirements have changed for persons other than political committees. The Commission has issued guidance for ...
On October 3 & 4, 2018, the Commission will offer reporting and FECFile webinars to help filers prepare for the busy pre-election filing period. Reporting webinars will address common filing ...
Earlier today, President Trump signed legislation that makes the FEC the point of entry for all Senate filings. As a result, Senate candidates and committees no longer file with the ...
Congress has passed and sent to the President the Energy and Water, Legislative Branch, and Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2019, which includes a provision that makes the ...
The electioneering communications period for the general election began on Friday, September 7 and runs through November 6. Any person who makes electioneering communications that aggregate more than $10,000 ...
Protected Voices is an FBI initiative, coordinated with DHS and ODNI, to mitigate the risk of cyber influence operations targeting U.S. elections. As part of Protected Voices, the FBI ...
As we enter the last months of the election cycle, many political committees and other entities will run last-minute radio and television ads to reach potential voters. Many of those ...
The FEC has released a new version of its free software, FECFile (v.8.3). After August 15, 2018, only filings formatted in Version 8.3 will be accepted.
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