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With the introduction of the FEC’s newly revamped website, the FEC Record has fully transformed from a monthly newsletter into a continuously-updated online news source. The June 2017 PDF …

Pre-election reports are due Thursday, June 8 for candidates and committees active in the June 20 special elections in Georgia’s 6th Congressional District and South Carolina’s 5th District. Principal …

The FEC’s Electronic Filing system will be unavailable on Tuesday, June 6, between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 12 midnight, EDT due to scheduled system maintenance. Please plan accordingly …

On June 28, 2017, the Commission will offer a webinar to help federal candidates and their committees with FECFile, the FEC’s free electronic filing software.

This 90-minute webinar will not …

Advisory opinion requests (AORs) pending before the Commission as of the end of the month are listed below. Procedures for commenting on pending AORs are described here.

AOR 2017-01 …

A vendor may offer a political committees a web-based bank deposit program that would invest political committee funds into money market accounts. Participating committees may not use these investment accounts …

The FEC has released revised electronic filing specifications (v.8.2). After June 6, 2017, only filings formatted in Version 8.2 will be accepted. Current FECFile users need only open their …

WASHINGTON – The Federal Election Commission has introduced its new website, offering improved navigation and an array of intuitive new tools to mine the agency’s rich campaign finance data set.

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WASHINGTON – At its open meeting today, the Federal Election Commission approved an Amended Audit Division Recommendation Memorandum and an advisory opinion, and reached consensus to begin drafting a Notice …

Alabama has rescheduled its Special Primary and General elections to fill the Senate seat vacated by Attorney General Jeff Sessions. The Special Primary will now be held August 15, 2017, …

On May 22, 2017, the Supreme Court affirmed the three-judge court opinion of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, which granted summary judgment to the Commission …

Registration is now open for the FEC’s June 7 webinar for federal candidates and their committees. Topics to be discussed include fundraising and solicitation techniques, permissible uses of campaign …

WASHINGTON – The United States Supreme Court today affirmed (Case 16-865) the three-judge court opinion of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in Republican Party of …

May Reporting Reminder. Monthly filers are reminded they have a report covering the month of April due on Saturday, May 20. Please note that the FEC does not have …

Every political committee must designate a treasurer before it can accept contributions or make expenditures. In fact, if a committee is ever without a treasurer, it cannot raise or …