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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. Access Record articles from 1975 through 2004 on the Record archive page. Tips for Treasurers are published once a week.
The FEC’s advertising and disclaimers web page has examples of disclaimers required in a variety of scenarios. Take a look and make sure your disclaimers meet the requirements!
If a campaign committee has net debts outstanding after an election is over, it may raise contributions to retire the debt provided that:
Registration is now open for the FEC’s May 27th webinar for membership and labor organizations and their PACs. This two-part webinar will address basics for beginners, as well as …
Did you know that the FEC’s YouTube channel contains curated playlists of videos designed to help candidates and committees comply with federal campaign finance laws? Here are two playlists for …
Registration is now open for the FEC’s May 13th webinar for corporations and their PACS. This two-part webinar will address basics for beginners, as well as SSF operations, such …
The FBI, in partnership with the Department of Homeland Security and the Director of National Intelligence, have released a number of short videos to mitigate the risk of cyber influence …
It’s not too late to sign up for the FEC’s April 22nd webinar for political party committees.
FEC staff will conduct several technical workshops on the federal campaign finance …
Quarterly filers have a report due Wednesday, April 15, covering activity from the close of books of their last report through March 31. Staff in the Reports Analysis Division and …
The Commission occasionally receives calls from groups that choose to register with the FEC before they are technically required to under the campaign finance law. Since these groups do not …
Commission staff will host two 90-minute FECFile webinars on Wednesday, April 1. The Candidate Committees webinar will begin at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time, followed by the PACs and Party Committees …
As states postpone congressional and presidential primary elections to limit possible COVID-19 exposure, the Commission is updating the reporting dates and deadlines associated with those elections. For more information and …
Monthly filers have a report due, Friday, March 20, covering the month of February. Quarterly filers do not have a regularly scheduled report due this month, but if they …
Due to high demand for the March 18 Independent Expenditures Webinar, the Commission has added a second session on March 19 at 1:00 p.m. Eastern.
During the interactive webinar, FEC …
Form 3L filers take note: the lobbyist bundling disclosure threshold has increased to $19,000 for calendar year 2020.
The Commission has also announced the coordinated party expenditure limits for 2020: …
If you make independent expenditures in connection with an upcoming election, you may trigger special reporting obligations:
Monthly filers have a report due on Thursday, February 20 covering the month of January. Quarterly filers do not have a regularly scheduled report due this month, but if they …
Campaigns must file a pre-election report 12 days before the candidate’s primary and may need to file additional 48-hour notices of last-minute contributions. For example, candidates running in the March …
Unopposed, independent and non-major party candidates are entitled to contributions for the primary (or convention, for states that hold them) even if they are not involved in an actual primary. …
All filers have a Year-End Report due Friday, January 31, covering activity through December 31, 2019. Staff in the Reports Analysis Division and Electronic Filing Office will be available until …
New reporting requirements apply to multistate independent expenditures and electioneering communications made in connection with presidential primaries. IEs and ECs that are distributed in six or more states, but do …