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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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Georgia has scheduled special elections to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Senator Johnny Isakson. The special general election will be held on November 3, 2020, and the special …
Read moreDue to high demand for the March 18 Independent Expenditures Webinar, the Commission has added a second session on March 19 at 1:00 p.m. Eastern.
During the interactive webinar, FEC …
Read moreWASHINGTON -- The Federal Election Commission cited a campaign committee today for failing to file the 12-Day Pre-Primary Report required by the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended …
Read moreOn February 27, 2020, the Campaign Legal Center (plaintiff) filed suit against the FEC in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (the court). The plaintiff seeks …
Read moreThe FEC's March 18 webinar on independent expenditures is nearly sold out. As a result, the Commission has decided to repeat that webinar on Thursday, March 19. Both sessions will …
Read moreOn March 2, 2020, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia dismissed with prejudice a suit brought against the Commission by Free Speech For People challenging the Commission’s …
Read moreThe FEC often receives questions about the rules governing internet activity conducted by political committees. While this article responds to some of the most common questions, it does not …
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.
Form 3L filers take note: the lobbyist bundling disclosure threshold has increased to $19,000 for calendar year 2020.
The Commission has also announced the coordinated party expenditure limits for 2020: …
Read moreWASHINGTON -- The Federal Election Commission cited 20 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 moreIf you make independent expenditures in connection with an upcoming election, you may trigger special reporting obligations:
Monthly filers have a report due on Thursday, February 20 covering the month of January. Quarterly filers do not have a regularly scheduled report due this month, but if they …
Read moreThe 2020 coordinated party expenditure limits are now available.
The Federal Election Campaign Act and Commission regulations require certain political committees to disclose information about lobbyists/registrants and lobbyist/registrant PACs whose bundled contributions within a covered period exceed a specified …
Read moreThe Commission will hold a one-day online seminar for federal candidates and their campaign committees on March 25, 2020. Commission staff will conduct several technical workshops on the federal campaign …
Read moreCampaigns must file a pre-election report 12 days before the candidate’s primary and may need to file additional 48-hour notices of last-minute contributions. For example, candidates running in the March …
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