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Candidates may only accept contributions for elections in which they participate. Thus, a candidate who loses in the primary (or otherwise does not participate in the general election) does not …

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 …

WASHINGTON – At its open meeting today, the Federal Election Commission approved two advisory opinions and directed the Office of General Counsel to prepare another draft of a third.

Advisory …

Committees must file the following reports in July:

• All authorized committees of House and Senate candidates must file a quarterly report by July 15, 2022. The report covers financial activity …

New York has scheduled special elections to fill the U.S. House seats in the 19th and 23rd Congressional Districts vacated by Representative Antonio Delgado and Representative Tom Reed. The Special …

At this point in the election cycle, candidates often begin to endorse other candidates in public communications. A public communication in which a federal candidate endorses another candidate is not …

On June 8, 2022, the Commission approved an interim final rule removing a regulation requiring certain persons making independent expenditures to disclose on their reports the identification of each person …

June is a busy time for primary elections, which can trigger additional reports for quarterly filers and for those making election-related communications. If you make independent expenditures or electioneering communications …

Congressional candidates collected $1.8 billion and disbursed $1.1 billion, political parties received $1.1 billion and spent $872.1 million, and political action committees (PACs) raised $4.3 billion and spent $3.4 billion, …

WASHINGTON -- The Federal Election Commission cited three campaign committees today for failing to file the 12-Day Pre-Primary Report required by the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended …

Jill Stein for President Committee (the Committee) need not establish a separate, segregated account to raise funds designated as “other receipts” to pay administrative fines, but it may not use …

WASHINGTON – At its open meeting today, the Federal Election Commission approved an interim final rule on independent expenditure reporting, an advisory opinion, and a Preliminary Final Audit Report. The …

The Commission will host a series of webinars in June to help you prepare to file your campaign finance reports due in July. On June 22, FEC specialists from …

WASHINGTON -- The Federal Election Commission cited seven campaign committees today for failing to file the 12-Day Pre-Primary Report required by the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended …

Advisory opinion requests (AORs) pending before the Commission as of the end of the month are listed. Procedures for commenting on pending AORs are described here.

• AOR 2022-03
  Use …

The FEC will host a full day of online, in-depth training for trade associations and their political action committees (PACs) on June 15. Participants can choose to attend the full …