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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.
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Committees must file the following reports in July:
When reporting disbursements, political committees must describe the purpose of each payment. As a general rule, filers should consider whether a person who is not associated with the committee could …
Read moreOn June 14, 2021, the Commission filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana against Defend Louisiana PAC and Taylor Townsend, in his official capacity …
Read morePACs, political parties, and presidential campaign committees that file monthly have a June Monthly Report due by Sunday, June 20, covering the month of May. Note that filing dates …
Read moreOn May 19, 2021, Campaign Legal Center (“plaintiff”) filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia alleging that the FEC failed to act on its administrative …
Read moreOn June 3, 2021, a three-judge panel of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (the court) ruled that section 304 of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act …
Read moreThe Commission will host two webinars in the coming weeks for committees that use the Commission’s free electronic filing software: a FECFile for Candidate Committees Webinar on June 23; and …
Read moreWASHINGTON – A three-judge panel of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia on Thursday issued a Memorandum Opinion and Order in Ted Cruz for Senate, et …
Read moreThe Commission will offer a 90-minute online training session for political action committees and party committees that use FECFile to file their disclosure reports.
The webinar, to be held on …
Read moreBefore deciding to campaign for federal office, potential candidates may want to “test the waters” and explore the feasibility of their candidacy. Individuals who merely test the waters, but do …
Read moreTally Up, LLC may not aggregate individual contributions to generate the Voter Segment Scores that it proposes to provide to candidates. Such information would be used to solicit contributions, which …
Read moreTexas has scheduled a Special Runoff Election on July 27, 2021, to fill the U.S. House of Representatives seat in the 6th Congressional District held by the late Representative Ron …
Read moreLocal party organizations must register with the Commission if they: raise more than $5,000 in contributions (received to influence a federal election); spend more than $1,000 on federal contributions or …
Read moreThe Commission will offer a 90-minute online training session for campaign committees that use FECFile to file their disclosure reports.
The webinar, to be held on Wednesday, June 23, is …
Read moreOn May 11, 2021, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit affirmed in part and vacated in part the judgment of the United States District …
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