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WASHINGTON – The Federal Election Commission today approved an advisory opinion, and discussed the reconsideration of a rulemaking to protect U.S. elections from foreign interference and the publication of a ...
On May 10, 2018, the Commission considered an advisory opinion request (AOR) from Conservative Primary LLC. In its request, the for-profit limited liability company asked the Commission to review the ...
The Commission requests public comment by Friday, May 25, on two alternative proposals to amend its rules regarding disclaimers on public communications on the Internet that contain express advocacy, solicit ...
A leadership PAC is a political committee established, financed, maintained, or controlled by a federal candidate or officeholder, but not authorized by that candidate/officeholder or affiliated with his/her ...
WASHINGTON -- The Federal Election Commission cited seven ca ...
Texas will hold a Special General Election on June 30, 2018, to fill the 27th congressional district House seat vacated by Representative Blake Farenthold. There are two possible elections, but ...
On May 4, 2018, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (“CREW”) and its executive director, Noah Bookbinder, (collectively “Plaintiffs”) filed suit against the Commission in the United States District ...
Monthly filers have a report due Sunday, May 20, covering the month of April. Please note that the FEC does not have authority to extend filing deadlines, even when they ...
WASHINGTON -- The Federal Election Commission cited two ca ...
The Commission has posted on its website a set of illustrative examples of internet disclaimers, applying proposals in the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on REG 2011-02 (Internet Communication Disclaimers ...
Campaign funds may be used to pay for a candidate’s childcare expenses that are incurred as a direct result of campaign activity.
Liuba Grechen Shirley is a candidate ...
WASHINGTON – The Federal Election Commission today approved an advisory opinion and discussed a set of illustrative examples of disclaimers for certain internet communications in connection with the comment period for ...
Registration is now open for the FEC’s webinar for trade associations and their separate segregated funds (SSFs) to be held on Wednesday, May 23. Topics to be discussed include ...
WASHINGTON - The Federal Election Commission cited four campaign committees today for failing to file the 12-Day Pre-Primary Report required by the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended (the ...
Alabama Academy of Radiology’s (Academy) state PAC may convert to a federal SSF. It may use the cash-on-hand in its existing bank account, but must divest any federally impermissible ...
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.
AO 2018-06
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A commercial vendor may offer two internet-based fundraising platforms to political committees. The first allows users to “round up” the amount of their credit and debit card purchases to the ...