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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.
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A new edition of the Campaign Guide for Political Party Committees is now available both in hard copy and on the FEC website.
The Campaign Guide explains, in …
Read moreMonthly filers are reminded that they have a report due Wednesday, November 20, covering the month of October. Quarterly filers do not have a report due on the 20th, …
Read moreWASHINGTON – The Federal Election Commission today issued an advisory opinion and discussed drafts of a second advisory opinion request. The Commission approved the Proposed Final Audit Report on the …
Read moreFlorida will hold Special Primary and General elections to fill the 13th Congressional District House seat of the late Congressman Bill Young. The Special Primary will be held on January …
Read moreA lawsuit involving former Senate candidate Joseph Miller would not have existed irrespective of his candidacy. As a result, his campaign committee, Citizens for Joe Miller, may use campaign funds …
Read moreThere are several special elections on the calendar, including races for House seats in Alabama, Florida and Massachusetts, and a Senate seat in New Jersey. Candidates in these elections, as …
Read moreOn September 30, 2013, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted the FEC’s Motion for Summary Judgment in Combat Veterans for Congress PAC v. FEC.
… Read moreExcept for a special House run-off election in Alabama, no federal elections will be held on November 5, 2013. However, many voters will cast ballots for state and local offices …
Read moreWASHINGTON – The Federal Election Commission today welcomed two new Commissioners, elected a Vice Chairman and approved an advisory opinion.
Welcoming New Commissioners. Two new members of the Commission, …
Read moreRequests for Commission consideration of legal questions that arise during the compliance process now may be submitted electronically. This change, announced in the Federal Register on October 23, 2013, does …
Read moreWASHINGTON – Lee E. Goodman and Ann M. Ravel have assumed their new roles as Commissioners of the Federal Election Commission. President Barack Obama nominated Commissioners Ravel and Goodman on …
Read moreSpots remain available for the FEC's seminar/webinar on federal campaign finance law for nonconnected committees, including Super PACs, Hybrid PACs, Partnership PACs and Leadership PACs. The seminar will be held …
Read moreFederal candidates and officeholders may solicit funds that comply with the Act’s limitations and prohibitions and applicable State law at a nonfederal fundraising event, as long as the solicitation either …
Read moreThe Commission will not pursue administrative fines against filers whose reports were due during the federal government shutdown and who failed to file on a timely basis as long as …
Read moreThe Commission will hold a seminar for nonconnected political action committees (PACs), including Super PACs, Hybrid PACs and Leadership PACs, at its Washington, DC, headquarters on Wednesday, November 13, 2013. …
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