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Monthly filers are reminded they have a report due, Wednesday, February 20, covering the month of January. Quarterly filers do not have a regularly scheduled report due this month, …

WASHINGTON –The Federal Election Commission today approved three Proposed Final Audit Reports.

Proposed Final Audit Report on McCain-Palin 2008 Inc. and McCain-Palin Compliance Fund, Inc. The Commission approved the …

Massachusetts will hold special primary and general elections to fill the U.S. Senate seat in Massachusetts vacated by Secretary of State John Kerry. The Special Primary will be held on …

Missouri will hold a Special General Election to fill the U.S. House seat in Missouri’s 8th Congressional district vacated by Representative Jo Ann Emerson. The Special General will be held …

Under the Federal Election Campaign Act (the Act), certain contribution limits are indexed for inflation every two years, based on the change in the cost of living since 2001, which …

The Federal Election Campaign Act, as amended by the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007 (HLOGA), requires certain political committees to disclose contributions bundled by lobbyists/registrants and …

The 2013 coordinated party expenditure limits are now available. The limits are:

• $93,100 for House nominees in states that have only one U.S. House Representative;
• $46,600 for …

There are several special elections for House seats in Illinois, South Carolina and Missouri, and a Senate seat in Massachusetts. Candidates in these elections, as well as quarterly-filing political committees …

Federal candidates, parties and political action committees (PACs) collected more than $5.7 billion and spent more than $4.8 billion between January 1, 2011 and September 30, 2012, according to third-quarter …

On January 31, 2013, the Commission posted for public comment a draft interpretive rule that would clarify how political committees must report disbursements to (or by) a person who is …

The Green Party of Virginia (the GPV) qualifies as a state party committee under the Federal Election Campaign Act (the Act) because: (1) the Green Party of the U.S. (the …

South Carolina will hold Special Primary and General elections to fill the U.S. House seat in South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District vacated by Senator Tim Scott. The Special Primary will …

The Reports Analysis Division (RAD) will begin sending Non-Filer Notifications via e-mail in February 2013. Please note that you will no longer receive paper Non-Filer Notifications through the mail once …

WASHINGTON – Cynthia L. Bauerly, who joined the Federal Election Commission in 2008 and served as the Commission’s Chair in 2011, will leave the Commission today to return to her …

Joint fundraising is fundraising conducted jointly by a political committee and one or more other political committees or unregistered organizations. Joint fundraising rules apply to:

• Party committees;
• …

WASHINGTON –The Federal Election Commission today approved an advisory opinion and a draft interpretative rule. Chair Ellen L. Weintraub discussed her priorities for 2013.

Advisory Opinion 2012-39 (Green Party of …