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The Federal Election Commission has certified a payment of $113,232.74 in additional federal matching funds to Mike Pence and Mike Pence for President (MPFP). Mike Pence had previously sought the …

On Wednesday, November 20, the Commission will host a webinar to help candidate committees prepare to wind down the campaign cycle and file their 30 Day Post-General Reports, due December …

Former Representative Alan Lowenthal may not use his remaining campaign funds to a pay an assistant or editor to help draft a book or other publication because such payments would …

Committees must file the following reports in October:

• All authorized committees of House and Senate candidates must file a quarterly report by October 15, 2024. The report covers financial activity …

On September 23, 2024, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia dismissed a suit filed by Campaign Legal Center and Democracy 21 (plaintiffs). The suit alleged organizational …

On September 19, 2024, the Commission voted not to open a rulemaking on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in campaign ads. Instead, the Commission adopted an Interpretive Rule that …

On September 19, 2024, the Commission approved a final rule and explanation and justification amending its regulations at 11 CFR part 113 to clarify that federal candidates and officeholders may …

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 …

On 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 …

On 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 …

Update: On December 4, 2024, plantiffs filed a petition for a writ of certiorari in the United States Supreme Court.

On September 5, 2024, the en banc U.S. Court of …

The 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 …

Utah 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 …

The Commission has decided not to initiate a rulemaking in response to Campaign Legal Center’s petition that sought to require reporting of equal-value mailing list exchanges.

The Commission noted that …

A 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 …

Advisory 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.

• AOR 2024-09
  Use …

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 …

The Commission will host a series of webinars to help committees prepare to file their disclosure reports due in October. The webinars for candidate committees will be offered on September …

Texas will hold a Special General Election on November 5, 2024, to fill the 18th Congressional District House seat held by the late Representative Sheila Jackson Lee. Under Texas law, …

On August 1, 2024, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia granted the Commission’s motion to dismiss a complaint filed by Free Speech for People and Campaign …