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AO 2018-06
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A commercial vendor may offer two internet-based fundraising platforms to political committees. The first allows users to “round up” the amount of their credit and debit card purchases to the ...
The Commission will hold a one-day online seminar for membership organizations, labor organizations, and their political action committees (PACs) on June 6, 2018. Commission staff will conduct several technical workshops ...
The Committee to Elect Michael Gilmore (the Committee) may not use campaign funds to pay certain legal expenses for a lawsuit concerning the scheduling of a special election because the ...
Registration is now open for the FEC’s webinar for corporations and their separate segregated funds (SSFs) to be held on Wednesday, May 9. Topics to be discussed include permissible ...
WASHINGTON - The Federal Election Commission today cited two ...
WASHINGTON – The Federal Election Commission today approved three advisory opinions and an Audit Division Recommendation Memorandum.
Audit Division Recommendation Memorandum on McSally for Congress. The Commission approved five findings in ...
Starting in July 2018, the Commission will examine the use of campaign funds by dormant committees as part of its review of campaign finance disclosure reports, to ensure the activity ...
Mississippi will hold a Special General Election on November 6, 2018, to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Senator Thad Cochran. Under Mississippi law, a majority winner in ...
On April 16, 2018, the Committee to Defend the President (“Plaintiff”) filed suit against the Commission in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. The Plaintiff alleges ...
An earmarked contribution is a contribution which a contributor directs to a clearly identified federal candidate or a candidate’s authorized campaign committee, either orally or in writing ...
On April 6, 2018, the United States District Court for the District of Utah (the court) dismissed the Commission’s case against John Swallow, one of two defendants in FEC ...
As primary season heats up, authorized committees of candidates are reminded to file 48-hour notices for all contributions (including loans) of $1,000 or more received less than 20 days ...
Registration is now open for the FEC’s webinar for political party committees to be held on Wednesday, April 25. Topics to be discussed include political party accounts, methods of ...
The Commission will hold a one-day online seminar for trade associations and their political action committees (PACs) on May 23, 2018. Commission staff will conduct several technical workshops on the ...
On March 23, 2018, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia upheld the Commission’s disclosure policy as constitutional and a reasonable exercise of the agency’s ...
Quarterly filers have a report due Sunday, April 15, covering from the close of books of their last report through March 31. Please note that the FEC does not have ...