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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.
Authorized committees are reminded that their October Quarterly reports are due this Thursday, October 15. This report covers the period of July 1 through September 30. Also, monthly filers …
Read moreA new three-part video series on best practices in internal controls and recordkeeping has recently been posted on FECTube, the FEC's YouTube channel. In these videos, FEC Audit Division Director …
Read moreThe Commission will hold a regional conference in San Francisco, California, on October 28-29, 2009. Commissioners and staff will conduct a variety of technical workshops on the federal campaign finance …
Read moreThe Federal Election Commission now accepts American Express, Diners Club and Discover Cards in addition to Via and MasterCard. While most FEC materials are available free of charge, some campaign …
Read moreThe Commission annually publishes an alphabetical listing of acronyms, abbreviations and common names of political action committees (PACs).
For each PAC listed, the index provides the full name of the …
Read moreThis article answers common questions from individuals wishing to participate in volunteer activity related to federal elections. The information applies to both volunteers for federal candidate campaigns and volunteers for …
Read moreCandidates for the U.S. Senate and U.S. House in 2010 reported raising a total of $250.3 million from January 1 through June 30, 2009, according to disclosure reports filed with …
Read moreThis issue of the Record and all other issues of the Record starting with January 1996 are available on the FEC web site as PDF files. Visit the FEC website …
Read moreThe Federal Election Campaign Act (the Act), preempts a West Virginia law insofar as it limits polling expenditures by federal candidates and their principal campaign committees.
West Virginia law …
Read moreA federal officeholder may use campaign funds to pay legal fees and expenses incurred by current and former staff members in connection with a federal investigation of allegedly improper campaign …
Read moreA separate segregated fund may use contributor information obtained from reports filed with the Federal Election Commission to notify contributors to Senator Arlen Specter's 2010 Senate reelection campaign that the …
Read moreFor each type of committee, a Campaign Guide explains, in clear English, the complex regulations regarding the activity of political committees. It shows readers, for example, how to fill out …
Read moreA domestic subsidiary of a foreign corporation may serve as the connected organization of a separate segregated fund (SSF). An affiliated limited liability company (LLC) that is treated as a …
Read moreThe following reports are due in October:
New York will hold a special election on November 3, 2009, to fill the House of Representatives seat vacated by Rep. John McHugh.
Current reporting dates for committees involved in …
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