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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. Tips for Treasurers are published once a week.
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.
AO 2018-10
State political ...
The principal campaign committee for a federal candidate may use campaign funds to pay for legal expenses incurred in seeking ballot access in his upcoming congressional election.
Paul Clements ...
On June 15, 2018, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit concluded that the Commission’s dismissal of an administrative complaint by Citizens for Responsibility ...
On June 7, 2018, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia upheld the Commission’s exercise of its prosecutorial discretion when it declined to investigate three administrative ...
The following reports are due in July:
Pennsylvania will hold a Special General Election on November 6, 2018, to fill the 15th congressional district House seat vacated by Representative Charles Dent. Under state law, parties can nominate ...
Advisory opinion requests (AORs) pending before the Commission as of the end of the month are listed below. Procedures for commenting on pending AORs are described here.
There are no ...
Later this month, the Commission will offer webinars to help candidate committees, political action committees (PACs) and political party committees prepare to file their July quarterly or monthly reports. The ...
On May 4, 2018, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) and Noah Bookbinder (together, “plaintiffs”) filed suit against the FEC in U.S. District Court for the District ...
Pennsylvania will hold a Special General Election on November 6, 2018, to fill the 7th congressional district House seat vacated by Representative Patrick L. Meehan. Under state law, parties can ...
An independent expenditure-only committee (commonly referred to as a “Super PAC”) established, maintained, and controlled by a state representative may not use funds raised outside the limits and source prohibitions ...
On May 10, 2018, the Commission considered an advisory opinion request (AOR) from Conservative Primary LLC. In its request, the for-profit limited liability company asked the Commission to review the ...
Texas will hold a Special General Election on June 30, 2018, to fill the 27th congressional district House seat vacated by Representative Blake Farenthold. There are two possible elections, but ...
On May 4, 2018, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (“CREW”) and its executive director, Noah Bookbinder, (collectively “Plaintiffs”) filed suit against the Commission in the United States District ...
The Commission has posted on its website a set of illustrative examples of internet disclaimers, applying proposals in the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on REG 2011-02 (Internet Communication Disclaimers ...
Campaign funds may be used to pay for a candidate’s childcare expenses that are incurred as a direct result of campaign activity.
Liuba Grechen Shirley is a candidate ...
Alabama Academy of Radiology’s (Academy) state PAC may convert to a federal SSF. It may use the cash-on-hand in its existing bank account, but must divest any federally impermissible ...
Advisory opinion requests (AORs) pending before the Commission as of the end of the month are listed below. Procedures for commenting on pending AORs are described here.
AO 2018-06
Use ...
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 ...