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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.
November 3, 2010, marked the beginning of a new election cycle for 2012 House campaigns and 2016 Senate campaigns. For reporting purposes, campaigns aggregate receipts and disbursements on an election …
Read moreOn January 12, 2011, the Commission will host roundtable workshops on reporting and electronic filing for the 2010 Year-End Report. The reporting sessions will address common filing problems and provide …
Read moreOn November 17, 2010, the Commission will hold a roundtable workshop to help candidate committees prepare to file their 30 Day Post-General (30G) Report and wind down their campaigns. The …
Read moreThe Commission cited campaign committees in October for failing to file the October Quarterly Report and the 12-Day Pre-General Report required by the Federal Election Campaign Act (the Act).
This article answers common questions from candidates and officeholders who are registered with the Federal Election Commission (the Commission) but are “no longer actively seeking” election to federal office. Federal …
Read moreOn September 23, 2010, the Commission considered, but could not approve by the required four votes, an advisory opinion request on behalf of National Defense PAC regarding a nonconnected committee’s …
Read moreFor each type of committee, a Campaign Guide explains, in clear English, the complex regulations regarding the activity of political committees. It shows readers, for example, how to fill out …
Read moreReCellular, Inc., a for-profit corporation that recycles and resells used mobile phones and accessories, may offer an affinity program to transmit to political committees contributions that result from its purchase …
Read moreCandidates, their authorized committees and other political committees need not display disclaimers on text ads they sponsor that are generated through Google, Inc.’s AdWords program. The full disclaimer would instead …
Read moreThe FEC’s Law Library is making available case-bound copies of the Legal History of the Presidential Election Campaign Fund Act in two volumes. Compiled and printed by agency staff in …
Read moreA state party committee may request that donors to a recount fund redesignate their donations as contributions to the federal campaign account for the 2010 election. The party organization may …
Read moreA congressional candidate who is running in both a special and general election that are being held on the same day may treat undesignated contributions as contributions made for the …
Read moreEmblemHealth LLC, a limited liability company that is treated as a partnership for tax purposes and is wholly owned by corporations, may pay the administrative and solicitation costs of its …
Read moreThe 30-Day Post-General Election report is due on December 2, 2010. The Post-General Election report covers activity from October 14 (or from the close of books of the last report …
Read moreTuesday, November 2, is Election Day! The Commission frequently receives questions and e-mails about election-related topics that are not related to campaign finance law, such as:
-Where do I vote?
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