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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.
Printed copies of the 2019 edition of Title 11 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) are now available. Contact the Commission's Information Division at 202-694-1100 or 800-424-9530 (menu option ...
Monthly filers have a report due on Monday, May 20th covering the month of April. Please note that the FEC does not have authority to extend filing deadlines, so filers ...
Federal candidates cannot use campaign funds to pay for personal expenses—i.e., any expense that would exist irrespective of their candidacy or duties as a federal officeholder. Recently, a number of ...
On Wednesday, May 22, Commission staff will conduct online workshops for political party committees. Beginners are encouraged to attend both the morning presentation on the basics of the law ...
An SSF may sponsor an event for a candidate to which the general public is invited and may pay the costs of the event as an in-kind contribution to the ...
The limits on contributions to candidates apply separately to each federal election in which the candidate participates, including any special elections. In fact, a special election itself may involve separate ...
If you make independent expenditures or electioneering communications in connection with special elections, you may trigger additional FEC reporting. Please visit our dates and deadlines page for the coverage periods ...
Candidates have a report due Monday, April 15. Staff in the Reports Analysis Division and Electronic Filing Office will be available until 8:00 p.m. (EDT) on Monday to answer questions ...
On Wednesday, April 24, Commission staff will conduct online workshops for trade associations and their PACs. Beginners are encouraged to attend both the morning presentation on the basics of ...
The Commission requests public comment by Monday, April 15 on whether to revise its rules regarding the size of letters in disclaimers on television ads. All comments must be ...
A federal campaign may contribute to a nonfederal campaign as these expenditures are a permissible use of campaign funds. (Contributions in connection with a nonfederal election are subject to state ...
An entity (including, a corporation, union or partnership) may provide candidates, parties and PACs with free legal and accounting services without the services resulting in a contribution as long as: ...
Protected Voices is an FBI initiative, coordinated with DHS and ODNI, to mitigate the risk of cyber influence operations targeting U.S. elections. As part of Protected Voices, the FBI has ...
The Commission offers many online resources to help treasurers file their FEC reports.
On Wednesday, February 27, Commission staff will conduct a series of online workshops for corporations and their PACs. Beginners are encouraged to attend both the morning presentation on the ...
Federal political committees may raise funds with one or more other political committees or unregistered organizations subject to the FEC’s joint fundraising rules.
The FEC’s website provides important information on ...
The Commission has announced the inflation-adjusted contribution limits for 2019-2020 elections, as well as the coordinated party expenditure limits and lobbyist bundling threshold for 2019.
For the 2019-2020 ...
Party committees that do not conduct reportable federal election activity and all PACs have the option to file reports on a "monthly" or "quarterly" filing schedule. Some committees prefer to ...
The Year-End report is due Thursday, January 31, covering activity through December 31, 2018. Staff in the Reports Analysis Division and Electronic Filing Office will be available until 8:00 p.m. ...
To close down committee operations, a committee must file a termination report. To file a termination report, a committee must: