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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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During the 2017-18 election cycle, the FEC will host regional conferences in Chicago, Illinois, Washington, DC, and Phoenix/Scottsdale, Arizona. These conferences complement the agency’s online seminars, and offer the only …
Read moreAlabama will hold Special Primary and General Elections in 2018 to fill the Senate seat vacated by Senator Jeff Sessions. The Special Primary will be held June 5, 2018, and …
Read moreWASHINGTON – Ann M. Ravel, who joined the Federal Election Commission in 2013 and served as Chair in 2015, will leave the Commission today. She plans to return to her …
Read moreAdvisory 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.
Read moreOn February 27, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in this case. Independence Institute had challenged the constitutionality …
Read moreThe Special General Election to fill the 6th Congressional District House seat vacated by Representative Tom Price will be held April 18, 2017. Under Georgia law, a majority winner in …
Read moreWASHINGTON – The United States Supreme Court today affirmed the three-judge court opinion of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in Independence Institute v. FEC (Case …
Read moreA special election is considered a separate election with a separate contribution limit. (Note that a special election may itself involve separate special primary, special general and/or special runoff …
Read moreOn February 22, 2017, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted the Commission’s motion for summary judgment and dismissed a suit brought by Citizens for Responsibility and …
Read moreWASHINGTON – The United States District Court for the District of Columbia issued a Memorandum Opinion and Order today in Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, et al. v. …
Read moreNational and state party committees may make limited "coordinated party expenditures" on behalf of their general election nominees, including those running in special general elections. These expenditures may be …
Read moreKansas will hold a special general election to fill the U.S. House seat in Kansas' 4th Congressional District vacated by Representative Mike Pompeo. The Special General Election will be held …
Read moreThe Special General Election to fill the 34th Congressional District House seat vacated by Representative Xavier Becerra will be held April 4, 2017. Under California law, a majority winner in …
Read moreThe Federal Election Campaign Act, as amended by the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007 (HLOGA), requires certain political committees to disclose contributions bundled by lobbyists/registrants and lobbyist/registrant …
Read moreThe 2017 coordinated party expenditure limits are now available.
The limits are:
Under the Federal Election Campaign Act (the Act), certain contribution limits are indexed for inflation every two years, based on the change in the cost of living since 2001, which …
Read moreOn February 1, 2017, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia found that the Commission’s dismissals of two administrative complaints filed by Level the Playing Field, the Green …
Read moreMonthly filers are reminded they have a report covering the month of January due on Presidents’ Day, Monday, February 20. Please note that the FEC does not have authority …
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