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The Commission will offer electronic filing webinars for candidate committees, political action committees (PACs) and political party committees on April 4, 2018. The webinars will demonstrate the Commission’s free FECFile …

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. 

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National Sorghum Producers and certain state producer organizations constitute a federation of trade associations under Commission regulations. Additionally, a proposed checkoff system for contributions and the use of those state …

The Federal Election Campaign Act and Commission regulations require special reporting of certain contributions that are collected or “bundled” by lobbyists/registrants, or by political action committees (PACs) that are …

The 2018 coordinated party expenditure limits are now available.

The limits are:

• For Senate nominees, the 2018 limits range from $99,400 to $3,030,200, depending on …

The Commission recently updated FEC Form 8 (Debt Settlement Plan) and Form 9 (24-Hour Notice of Disbursements/Obligations for Electioneering Communications) and their accompanying instructions. The new versions of each form …

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.

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On January 12, 2018, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) and Noah Bookbinder (together, “plaintiffs”) filed suit against the FEC in the United States District Court for the …

The Commission launched a web portal that offers political committees a new way to get reporting help from their assigned Campaign Finance Analyst in the FEC’s Reports Analysis Division (RAD).

On January 29, 2018, the Commission published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in the Federal Register (83 Fed. Reg. 3996) regarding proposed changes to its regulations on disclosure …

Ohio will hold Special Primary and General Elections to fill the 12th congressional district House seat vacated by Representative Patrick J. Tiberi. The Special Primary Election will be held on …

The FEC’s February 21-22 Arizona Regional Conference is just a few weeks away. The early bird pricing (and the guaranteed group rate at the Saguaro Scottsdale Hotel) both expire on …

The Commission has posted on its website an updated Campaign Guide for Corporations and Labor Organizations. The new Guide, which replaces the 2007 edition, provides an overall summary …

On December 22, 2017, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) and Anne L. Weismann (collectively, plaintiffs) filed suit in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to …

On January 10, 2018, the Campaign Legal Center (“Plaintiff”) filed suit against the Commission in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. The Plaintiff seeks declaratory and …

In a complaint dated December 15, 2017, John Doe 1 and John Doe 2 (“Plaintiffs”) filed suit against the FEC in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia …

Federal Elections 2016: Election Results for the U.S. President, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives, compiled by the Commission’s Public Records Office, is now available on …

This article describes the filing requirements for 2018 and is supplemented by the reporting tables linked at https://www.fec.gov/help-candidates-and-committees/dates-and-deadlines/.

Editor's note: On September 21, 2018, legislation was enacted which contained …

At its open meeting of December 14, 2017, the Commission unanimously approved 12 legislative recommendations to send to Congress for consideration. The recommendations were transmitted to Congress on December 14, …

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.

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