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A single contribution limit applies to the entire ranked-choice voting process in Maine’s 2024 U.S. Senate election, because the entire process, including all rounds of vote tallying, constitutes a single …
Read moreWASHINGTON – At its open meeting today, the Federal Election Commission approved two advisory opinions and a Draft Final Rule on candidate security. The Commission also approved a Notice of …
Read moreOn September 9, 2024, Campaign Legal Center (plaintiff) filed suit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Plaintiff is challenging the FEC's dismissal of an administrative …
Read moreOn August 30, 2024, Rev. David Lewicki and Vladimir Shklovsky (plaintiffs) filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia challenging the Commission’s dismissal of their administrative …
Read morePACs, political parties and presidential campaign committees that file monthly have a report due by Friday, September 20, covering the month of August. Quarterly filing PACs and political party …
Read moreOn September 5, 2024, the en banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed that the Federal Election Campaign Act’s (the Act) limits on coordinated party expenditures do …
Read moreThe Federal Election Commission has certified payments of $298,370.51 in federal matching funds to Mike Pence and Mike Pence for President 2024 and $279,983.34 to Jill Stein and Jill Stein …
Read moreUtah Senate candidate Caroline Gleich’s campaign may pay her salary earned during the campaign in the 20-day period following termination of her candidacy. In addition, Ms. Gleich may continue to …
Read moreWASHINGTON – The Federal Election Commission today made public two draft documents in connection with REG 2023-02 (Artificial Intelligence in Campaign Ads):
Draft Interpretive Rule Regarding 52 U.S.C. 30124
Read moreThe FBI has partnered with the Department of Homeland Security and the Director of National Intelligence to reduce the risk of cyber influence operations targeting U.S. elections. The FBI’s Protected …
Read moreWASHINGTON – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued an en banc Opinion and Judgment in National Republican Senatorial Committee, et al. v. FEC, et al. …
Read moreWASHINGTON – The Federal Election Commission has certified to the Secretary of Treasury a payment of $279,983.34 from the Presidential Election Campaign Fund to Green Party candidate Jill Stein and …
Read moreA candidate’s principal campaign committee may participate in a joint fundraiser with a Super PAC, so long as the committee and other entities affiliated with or acting on behalf …
Read moreAdvisory 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.
On August 29, 2024, the Commission considered an advisory opinion request from American Target Advertising and The Conservative Caucus (requestors). Requestors asked whether and how to report as independent expenditures …
Read moreThe electioneering communications period for the general election begins Friday, September 6 and runs through November 5. Any person who makes electioneering communications that aggregate more than $10,000 for the …
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