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Michigan will hold a Special Primary and a Special General Election to fill the U.S. House seat in Michigan’s 11th Congressional District vacated by Representative Thaddeus McCotter. The Special Primary …

On March 30, 2012, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, in Van Hollen v. FEC, Civ. No. 11-0766 (D.D.C. Mar. 30, 2012), found that the …

On August 28, 2012, the Commission will host a roundtable workshop to review the rules and reporting requirements for specific types of pre-election communications, including:

• Electioneering communications disseminated …

On July 10, 2012, Stop This Insanity, Inc. (STI), its separate segregated fund (SSF) and potential contributors filed suit in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia challenging the …

Federal candidates, parties and political action committees (PACs) collected more than $2.9 billion and spent more than $2 billion, between January 1, 2011 and March 31, 2012.

Presidential candidates

On June 14, 2012, Free Speech filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming challenging the constitutionality of the Commission’s regulations, policies and practices regarding the …

On June 22, 2012, Shaun McCutcheon and the Republican National Committee (together, plaintiffs) filed suit against the Commission in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia challenging the …

On June 28, 2012, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit upheld the ban on corporate contributions in connection with federal elections. This appellate court ruling reversed a …

On June 25, 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed a decision of the Montana Supreme Court that had upheld a Montana state law prohibiting corporations from making expenditures supporting or …

Following a reorganization and spin-off, Primerica, Inc. and Citigroup are disaffiliated entities for the purposes of the Federal Election Campaign Act (the Act). As a result, Primerica’s planned separate segregated …

The Commission has certified payments of $66,490.99 in federal matching funds to presidential candidate Charles E. “Buddy” Roemer III and $130,058.91 to presidential candidate Gary Earl Johnson for the 2012 …

The following reports are due in July:

• All principal campaign committees of House and Senate candidates must file a quarterly report by July 15, 2012. The report covers …

The Commission cited a campaign committee for failing to file the 12-Day Pre-Primary Election Report required by the Federal Election Campaign Act (the Act) for the New York primary election …

The Commission determined that two of the eight television advertisements proposed by the American Future Fund (AFF) meet the definition of electioneering communication and one does not, but could not …

On June 12, 2012, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit upheld Federal Election Commission legal definitions and policies regarding the disclosure of certain information by the …

A vendor may provide political committees the option to accept individual contributions via text message because its business practices are consistent with the recordkeeping, reporting and other requirements of the …

On June 11, 2012, the Federal Election Commission filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against former U.S. Senator Larry Craig and his authorized campaign …

Payments from the National Right to Life Committee, Inc. (“NRLC”) for the establishment, administration or solicitation costs of its independent expenditure-only political committee are contributions under campaign finance law and …

On June 8, 2012, the Commission cited a campaign committee today for failing to file the 12-Day Pre-Primary Election Report required by the Federal Election Campaign Act (the Act), for …

Corporations owned by members of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) may provide payroll deduction to enable member-employees to contribute to the association’s political action committee, but APTA must pay …