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Appeals Court issues judgment and opinion in Campaign Legal Center, et al. v. FEC
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued a Per Curiam Judgment and Opinion in Campaign Legal Center, et al. v. FEC (Case No. …
Read moreStatistical Summary of 15-Month Campaign Activity of the 2023-2024 Election Cycle
Presidential candidates collected $553 million and disbursed $416 million, Congressional candidates collected $1.8 billion and disbursed $1.2 billion, political parties received $989.5 million and spent $774.8 million, and political action …
Read moreAppeals Court issues order in FEC v. Rivera
WASHINGTON – The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit today issued a Per Curiam Order in FEC v. Rivera (Case No. 22-11437), vacating a district court’s granting …
Read moreFEC approves Final Determination of Date of Ineligibility for matching fund payments
WASHINGTON – At its open meeting today, the Federal Election Commission approved a Final Determination of Date of Ineligibility for matching fund payments for Mike Pence and his principal campaign …
Read moreFEC declares Stein eligible to receive 2024 matching funds
WASHINGTON – The Federal Election Commission has declared Jill Stein and her principal campaign committee, Jill Stein for President 2024, eligible to receive public matching funds for her 2024 presidential …
Read moreFEC cites committee for failure to file 12-Day Pre-Primary Financial Report
WASHINGTON -- The Federal Election Commission cited one campaign committee today for failing to file the 12-Day Pre-Primary Report required by the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended …
Read moreFEC receives $8.8 million award to modernize agency’s electronic filing system
WASHINGTON – The Federal Election Commission has received an $8.8 million package from the Technology Modernization Fund (TMF), a federal funding vehicle formed to support federal agency IT modernization projects. …
Read moreFEC cites committee for failure to file 12-Day Pre-Primary Financial Report
WASHINGTON -- The Federal Election Commission cited one campaign committee today for failing to file the 12-Day Pre-Primary Report required by the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended …
Read moreFEC cites committee for failure to file 12-Day Pre-Primary Financial Report
WASHINGTON -- The Federal Election Commission cited one campaign committee today for failing to file the 12-Day Pre-Primary Report required by the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended …
Read moreFEC cites committees for failure to file 12-Day Pre-Primary Financial Report
WASHINGTON -- The Federal Election Commission cited two campaign committees today for failing to file the 12-Day Pre-Primary Report required by the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended …
Read moreFEC cites committee for failure to file 12-Day Pre-Primary Runoff Financial Report
WASHINGTON -- The Federal Election Commission cited one campaign committee today for failing to file the 12-Day Pre-Primary Runoff Report required by the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as …
Read moreFEC cites committee for failure to file 12-Day Pre-Primary Financial Report
WASHINGTON -- The Federal Election Commission cited one campaign committee today for failing to file the 12-Day Pre-Primary Report required by the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended …
Read moreFEC declares Pence eligible to receive 2024 matching funds, approves initial date of ineligibility
WASHINGTON – At its open meeting yesterday, the Federal Election Commission declared Mike Pence and his principal campaign committee, Mike Pence for President (MPFP), eligible to receive public matching funds …
Read moreFEC discusses proposed Directive regarding requests to redact contributor information, approves candidate’s eligibility for matching funds
WASHINGTON – At its open meeting today, the Federal Election Commission discussed a proposed Directive concerning requests to withhold, redact, or modify contributors’ identifying information in campaign finance disclosure reports …
Read moreFEC retires Enforcement Query System
WASHINGTON—The Federal Election Commission has retired the Enforcement Query System (EQS), a legal search tool on the FEC website. This technologically obsolete system has become increasingly complicated and costly to …
Read moreFEC cites committees for failure to file 12-Day Pre-Primary Financial Report
WASHINGTON -- The Federal Election Commission cited five campaign committees today for failing to file the 12-Day Pre-Primary Report required by the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended …
Read moreFEC cites committee for failure to file 12-Day Pre-Convention Financial Report
WASHINGTON -- The Federal Election Commission cited one campaign committee today for failing to file the 12-Day Pre-Convention Report required by the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended …
Read moreFEC approves two advisory opinions
WASHINGTON – At its open meeting today, the Federal Election Commission approved two advisory opinions. The Commission considered an additional advisory opinion request, but could not approve a response by …
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