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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.

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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 …

WASHINGTON – At its open meeting today, the Federal Election Commission discussed and voted on a Proposed Interim Final Rule on repayment of candidate loans, and discussed and held over …

Filers can now check a box on the Statement or Organization (FEC Form 1) to register an independent expenditure-only committee (Super PAC) or committee that maintains a non-contribution account (Hybrid …

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

The Commission will offer a series of webinars in June to help committees prepare to file their July quarterly or monthly disclosure reports. Candidate reporting and FECFile workshops will be …

On May 16, 2022, the United States Supreme Court affirmed the District Court's judgment in FEC v. Ted Cruz for Senate that Section 304 of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act …