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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.
On June 7, 2017, the FEC released a new version of FECFile and posted revised versions of several reporting forms on its website.
The new version of FECFile, …
Read moreThe Commission will hold a regional conference in Chicago, Illinois, on August 30-31, 2017. Commissioners and staff will conduct a variety of technical workshops on the federal campaign finance …
Read moreRecord news articles have a new home on fec.gov. The “What’s happening” section of the home page combines the most recent Record articles with other news from the FEC, including …
Read moreWith the introduction of the FEC’s newly revamped website, the FEC Record has fully transformed from a monthly newsletter into a continuously-updated online news source. The June 2017 PDF …
Read moreOn June 28, 2017, the Commission will offer a webinar to help federal candidates and their committees with FECFile, the FEC’s free electronic filing software.
This 90-minute webinar will not …
Read moreAdvisory 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.
Read moreA vendor may offer a political committees a web-based bank deposit program that would invest political committee funds into money market accounts. Participating committees may not use these investment accounts …
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Alabama has rescheduled its Special Primary and General elections to fill the Senate seat vacated by Attorney General Jeff Sessions. The Special Primary will now be held August 15, 2017, …
On May 22, 2017, the Supreme Court affirmed the three-judge court opinion of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, which granted summary judgment to the Commission …
Read moreEvery political committee must designate a treasurer before it can accept contributions or make expenditures. In fact, if a committee is ever without a treasurer, it cannot raise or …
Read moreThe Commission will hold a one-day online seminar for federal candidates and their campaign committees on Wednesday, June 7, 2017. Commission staff will conduct several technical workshops on the federal …
Read moreOn April 19, 2017, the United States District Court for the District of Delaware (“the Court”) ordered Christine O’Donnell, her campaign, and her treasurer (“the defendants”) to pay a civil …
Read moreAdvisory 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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Printed copies of the 2017 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 …
On April 20, 2017, the Commission considered the Socialist Workers Party’s (SWP) request to extend its partial exemption from the Federal Election Campaign Act’s disclosure requirements, but was unable to …
Read moreBefore deciding to campaign for federal office, an individual may want to "test the waters"—in other words, explore the feasibility of becoming a candidate. An individual who spends money …
Read moreOn March 29, 2017, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted in part and denied in part the Commission’s motion to dismiss for lack of standing a …
Read moreThe Commission will hold a one-day online seminar for political party committees on Wednesday, May 17, 2017. Commission staff will conduct several technical workshops on the federal campaign finance laws …
Read moreThis article highlights some basic rules for candidates and campaign committees as they prepare for the 2018 elections.
Under federal law, an individual becomes a “candidate” when he …
Read moreOn March 22, 2017, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia denied the FEC’s Partial Motion to Dismiss and granted in part Crossroads GPS’s Supplemental Motion to Dismiss.
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