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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.
An entity (including, a corporation, union or partnership) may provide candidates, parties and PACs with free legal and accounting services without the services resulting in a contribution as long as ...
Protected Voices is an FBI initiative, coordinated with DHS and ODNI, to mitigate the risk of cyber influence operations targeting U.S. elections. As part of Protected Voices, the FBI ...
The Commission offers many online resources to help treasurers file their FEC reports.
On Wednesday, February 27, Commission staff will conduct a series of online workshops for corporations and their PACs. Beginners are encouraged to attend both the morning presentation on the basics ...
Federal political committees may raise funds with one or more other political committees or unregistered organizations subject to the FEC’s joint fundraising rules.
The FEC’s website provides important ...
The Commission has announced the inflation-adjusted contribution limits for 2019-2020 elections, as well as the coordinated party expenditure limits and lobbyist bundling threshold for 2019.
For the 2019-2020 cycle, the ...
Party committees that do not conduct reportable federal election activity and all PACs have the option to file reports on a "monthly" or "quarterly" filing schedule. Some committees prefer to ...
The Year-End report is due Thursday, January 31, covering activity through December 31, 2018. Staff in the Reports Analysis Division and Electronic Filing Office will be available until 8:00 ...
To close down committee operations, a committee must file a termination report. To file a termination report, a committee must:
The same disclaimer rules that apply to election-related mailings also apply to holiday greeting cards, even if they do not solicit funds or contain express advocacy. If a campaign sends ...
All PACs, party committees and 2018 general election candidates must file a Post-General Report (30G) by Thursday, December 6. This report covers activity from the close of books for your ...
Candidates who personally loaned their campaign more than $250,000 for the 2018 general election and would like to be repaid in full have until November 26, 2018 to obtain ...
If a campaign committee has net debts outstanding after an election is over, it may raise contributions to retire the debt provided that:
November 7, 2018, marked the beginning of a new election cycle. For reporting purposes, campaigns aggregate receipts and disbursements on an election cycle basis. As a result, all 2018 campaigns ...
On November 14, 2018, the Commission will host a webinar to help candidate committees prepare to wind down their campaigns and file their 30 Day Post-General (30G) Reports. The workshop ...
Tuesday, November 6, is Election Day! While the FEC's mission relates solely to the financing of federal elections, we often get questions about other election-related topics, such as:
PACs and parties are often confused by the last-minute reporting requirements discussed in last week's tip.
Keep in mind that PACs and party committees are not required to file 48-hour ...
For some committees, the pre-general report (see last week's tip) will be the final FEC filing required before Election Day. Many filers, however, may be required to submit additional notices ...
If you are a monthly filer* or an authorized committee of a candidate in the 2018 general election, the answer is automatically YES. If you are a quarterly-filing PAC or ...
Quarterly filers have a report due Monday, October 15, and monthly filers have a report due Saturday, October 20. For additional information, please consult the October reporting reminder in the ...