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Committees must file the following reports in October:

• All authorized committees of House and Senate candidates must file a quarterly report by October 15, 2020. The report covers financial activity …

Did you know that a campaign committee may be able to accept additional contributions after an election to retire campaign debt?

If a campaign committee has net debts outstanding after …

On September 4th, 2020, the Commission closed the file on an advisory opinion request (AOR) submitted on July 8th, 2020 by Joan E. Farr, and Joan Farr for U.S. Senate, …

Party committees conducting get-out-the-vote (GOTV) activity now should be aware that such activity is considered to be federal election activity (FEA) under the Act. As such, it must be paid …

On August 19, 2020, the United States District Court for the District of Utah entered a consent judgment finding that defendant Jeremy Johnson knowingly and willfully violated the Federal Election …

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 2020-05
  Contribution …

On August 13, 2020, The Patriots Foundation (“plaintiff”) filed suit against the FEC in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia alleging that the Commission failed to act …

The electioneering communications period for the general election begins on Friday, September 4 and runs through November 3. Any person who makes electioneering communications that aggregate more than $10,000 during …

On August 21, 2020, the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit affirmed a district court decision that the Commission’s independent expenditure disclosure rule at 11 CFR …

WASHINGTON – The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued a Per Curiam Judgment and Opinion in Crossroads GPS v. CREW, et al. (Case No. …

The Commission will offer several webinars in September to help campaigns, PACs and party committees prepare their October reports. The cost for each webinar is $30. Register today!

Reporting Webinar …

The Commission will offer a series of webinars in September to help committees prepare to file their October quarterly or monthly disclosure reports. Candidate Reporting and FECFile workshops will …

On August 10, 2020, the Commission closed the file on an advisory opinion request (AOR) submitted on June 9, 2020 by Shaun McCutcheon, a former candidate for the Libertarian National …

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