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On 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 …

PACs, 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 …

On 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 …

On 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 …

The 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 …

WASHINGTON – 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 …

The 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 …

Before 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 …

Tally 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 …

Texas 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 …

Local 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 …

The 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 …

On 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 …

WASHINGTON – The Federal Election Commission has issued an advisory opinion concerning whether Tally Up, LLC may use certain aggregated contribution data derived from FEC reports in its data services …

Florida has scheduled special elections to fill the U.S. House of Representatives seat in the 20th Congressional District held by the late Representative Alcee Hastings. The Special Primary Election will …