Search or browse the latest information about the Commission and federal campaign finance law.
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.
Candidate committees (except for presidential committees filing monthly) have a quarterly report due Tuesday, October 15, covering activity through September 30.
Staff in the Reports Analysis Division (RAD) and Electronic ...
Before deciding to run for federal office, a potential candidate may wish to “test the waters” to explore the feasibility of a campaign without registering with the FEC. Testing the ...
There’s still room in our October 2nd reporting and FECFile webinars for campaign committees. The reporting webinar will address common filing problems, examine various reporting scenarios, and help campaign ...
A special election is considered a separate election with a separate contribution limit. In fact, a special election may itself involve separate special primary, special general and/or special runoff elections, ...
Party committees, separate segregated funds (SSFs) and other PACs that file monthly have a report due on Friday, September 20, covering the month of August. For help with the report, ...
Register today for the FEC's October 29-30 regional conference in San Diego, CA. Intended for campaigns, corporate/labor/trade PACs, and state and local party committees, this conference will offer workshops on ...
The Commission has published a preliminary list of 2020 presidential and congressional primary election dates. These dates are subject to change. Corresponding FEC reporting dates will be posted by ...
House candidates, individuals traveling on behalf of House candidates, their authorized committees, or the leadership PACs of House candidates are generally prohibited from making campaign-related trips aboard non-commercial aircraft. This ...
From time to time, committees registered with the FEC may receive Requests for Additional Information (RFAIs) from the analysts who review their reports. If you receive one, you’ll have 35 ...
Curious about the procedures our Reports Analysis Division uses when it reviews your committee’s reports?
The FEC’s Review and Referral Procedures for the 2019-2020 Election Cycle establishes the policies governing ...
There is a report due on Wednesday, July 31 for quarterly filing PACs and party committees that file on a semi-annual basis in non-election years.
Staff in the Reports Analysis ...
The early bird discount for the FEC’s Chicago regional conference ends Saturday, July 27, so register now and save. The conference will be held August 27-28 at The Drake Hotel ...
All political committees registered with the FEC have reports due this month:
Every committee registered with the FEC has a report due this month—either a July 15 Quarterly, a July 20 Monthly or a July 31 Mid-Year. If you’d like ...
The FEC offers two manuals to help electronic filers use the Commission’s free FECFile software:
The Commission offers two days of reporting and FECFile webinars to help candidates, PACs and party committees prepare their upcoming reports:
Political committees are prohibited from knowingly accepting contributions from prohibited sources. If a committee deposits a contribution that appears to be legal and later discovers that it is prohibited, the ...
Most banks offer services to prevent check and ACH fraud. These fraud prevention programs—often referred to as positive pay systems—allow your bank to work more closely with your committee to ...
The FEC has introduced additional security features to its Electronic Filing Password Assignment System. The Commission will now send approval emails to the official email address(es) listed on the committee’s ...