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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.
FEC Record articles inform candidates and committees about FEC developments and are published as news happens. Tips for Treasurers are published once a week.
Printed copies of the 2019 edition of Federal Election Campaign Laws are now available from the Commission. The compilation contains all federal campaign finance statutes, along with a conversion table ...
The Commission will hold a one-day online seminar for political party committees on May 22, 2019. Commission staff will conduct several technical workshops on the federal campaign finance laws affecting ...
On April 12, 2019, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld the Commission’s policy of disclosing certain documents from its investigations in closed ...
Prytany LLC may provide contribution-processing services through its platform without making any contributions or incurring any reporting obligations.
Prytany, a non-partisan, for-profit LLC, has developed an online platform that ...
On April 11, 2019, the Commission considered an advisory opinion request (AOR) from Leigh Brown. In her request, Leigh Brown, a congressional candidate, asked the Commission to determine whether radio ...
The Commission will hold a regional conference in Chicago, Illinois, on August 27-28, 2019. Commissioners and staff will conduct a variety of technical workshops on the federal campaign finance laws ...
On March 31, 2019, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted the FEC’s cross-motion for summary judgment and denied plaintiffs’ motion in Level the Playing ...
On March 29, 2019, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia granted summary judgment to the Commission, denying the same to Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in ...
On April 1, 2019, Ted Cruz for Senate and Senator Ted Cruz (plaintiffs) filed suit against the Commission alleging that the limit on repayment of candidate loans at 52 U ...
It Starts Today, a nonconnected political committee, may establish nominee and presumptive nominee funds that would accept contributions earmarked for candidates who receive the public endorsement of a specified endorsing ...
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 Bill Nelson for Senate campaign committee may dispose of excess recount funds by making a donation to a charity or by transferring funds to a national party committee’s ...
The DC Libertarian Party (the “Committee”) qualifies as a state party committee under the Federal Election Campaign Act.
The determination of a state party organization’s status as the ...
On March 21, 2019, the U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia declared 11 CFR 102.14(a) unconstitutional and permanently enjoined the Commission from enforcing it.
The following reports are due in April:
North Carolina has scheduled special elections to fill the 9th congressional district House seat. The Special Primary will be May 14, 2019. If the Special Runoff is needed, it will ...
The Commission will hold a one-day online seminar for trade associations and their political action committees (PACs) on April 24, 2019. Commission staff will conduct several technical workshops on the ...
This article highlights some basic rules for candidates and campaign committees as they prepare for the 2020 elections.
Under federal law, an individual becomes a “candidate” when he ...
North Carolina has scheduled special elections to fill the 3rd Congressional District House seat of the late Representative Walter B. Jones, Jr. The Special Primary will be April 30, 2019 ...