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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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The Commission will hold its final regional conference of the 2019-2020 election cycle in San Antonio, Texas, on February 25-26, 2020. Commissioners and staff will conduct a variety of technical ...
Maryland has scheduled special elections to fill the 7th congressional district House seat of the late Representative Elijah Cummings. The Special Primary Election will be held on February 4, 2020, ...
Advisory 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.
On Wednesday, December 4, the Commission will offer a two-part webinar for nonconnected political action committees (PACs), including Super PACs, Hybrid PACs, and leadership PACs. This will ...
On Wednesday, November 20, 2019, the Commission will offer a webinar on party activity during the presidential election cycle. This webinar is intended for national, state and local party committee ...
On Wednesday, November 20, 2019, the Commission will offer a webinar for first-time candidates and potential candidates, as well as their campaign staff. “Candidate 101: Getting Started” will provide an ...
On October 3, 2019, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued a per curiam order in Lieu, et al. v. FEC, finding moot ...
Advisory 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.
The following reports are due in October:
On September 16, 2019, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (“CREW”) and Noah Bookbinder (collectively “plaintiffs”) filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia alleging ...
The early registration discount for the FEC’s October 29-30 San Diego conference expires September 27. Register today and save!
At the conference, Commissioners and staff will conduct a variety of ...
The Commission will offer Reporting and FECFile webinars on October 2 to help federal candidates and their committees prepare for the October Quarterly disclosure reports.
The reporting session will address ...
On August 28, 2019, the Commission published a notification of availability in the Federal Register at 84 Fed. Reg. 45116 that seeks public comment on a petition for rulemaking filed ...
On August 28, 2019, the Commission published a notification of availability in the Federal Register at 84 Fed. Reg. 45116 that seeks public comment on a petition for rulemaking filed ...
Advisory 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.
On August 28, 2019, the Commission published a notification of availability in the Federal Register at 84 Fed. Reg. 45117 that seeks public comment on a petition for rulemaking filed ...
The Arizona Libertarian Party (“AZLP”) may transfer funds to the Libertarian National Party (“LNP”), but because the amount of the transfer exceeds the yearly $1,000 registration threshold, the AZLP must ...
On August 22, 2019, the Commission considered an advisory opinion request (AOR) from Price for Congress, the principal campaign committee of former Rep. Dr. Thomas Price. The request asked if ...
On August 2, 2019, the Campaign Legal Center (CLC) and Catherine Hinckley Kelley (together, plaintiffs) filed suit against the Commission in the District Court for the District of Columbia. Plaintiffs ...
Campaign funds may be used to pay for a candidate’s childcare expenses that are incurred as a direct result of campaign activity.
Mary Jennings Hegar is a candidate in ...