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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.
FEC Record articles inform candidates and committees about FEC developments and are published as news happens. Access Record articles from 1975 through 2004 on the Record archive page. Tips for Treasurers are published once a week.
On March 13, 2020, the Campaign Legal Center and Democracy 21 (plaintiffs) filed suit against the FEC in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (the court). …
Read moreOn March 24, 2020, Campaign Legal Center filed suit in the U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia challenging the Commission’s alleged failure to act on its administrative …
Read moreThe Commission occasionally receives calls from groups that choose to register with the FEC before they are technically required to under the campaign finance law. Since these groups do not …
Read morePresidential candidates raised over $1.1 billion and spent $967.3 million in the first 12 months of the 2019-2020 election cycle, according to campaign finance reports filed with the Federal Election …
Read moreOn March 28, 2020, the New York Governor changed the date of the special general election from April 28, 2020 to June 23, 2020. The change was in response to …
Read moreAdvisory 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.
Commission staff will host two 90-minute FECFile webinars on Wednesday, April 1. The Candidate Committees webinar will begin at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time, followed by the PACs and Party Committees …
Read moreThe Commission will hold a one-day online seminar for political party committees on April 22, 2020. FEC staff will conduct several technical workshops on the federal campaign finance laws affecting …
Read moreOn March 13, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia affirmed the district court’s grant of summary judgment for the Commission in Campaign Legal Center, …
Read moreThe following reports are due in April:
As states postpone congressional and presidential primary elections to limit possible COVID-19 exposure, the Commission is updating the reporting dates and deadlines associated with those elections. For more information and …
Read moreAs states postpone congressional and presidential primary elections to limit possible COVID-19 exposure, the Commission is updating the reporting dates and deadlines associated with those elections. These postponements affect pre-election …
Read moreMonthly filers have a report due, Friday, March 20, covering the month of February. Quarterly filers do not have a regularly scheduled report due this month, but if they …
Read moreWASHINGTON – The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit today issued a Judgment, Per Curiam Opinion, and Order in Campaign Legal Center, et …
Read moreWASHINGTON -- 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 …
Read moreThe Commission will offer two electronic filing webinars on April 1, 2020, to help candidate committees, political action committees and parties prepare to file their April disclosure reports.
During the …
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